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BIOLOGIST

Jacob Bjerknes

1897 - 1975

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Jacob Aall Bonnevie Bjerknes ( YAH-kəb BYURK-niss, Norwegian: [ˈjɑ̀ːkɔb ˈbjæ̂rkneːs]; 2 November 1897 – 7 July 1975) was a meteorologist. He is known for his key paper in which he pointed the dynamics of the polar front, mechanism for north-south heat transport and for which he was also awarded a doctorate from the University of Oslo. Born in Stockholm, Sweden, he was the son of the Norwegian meteorologist Vilhelm Bjerknes, one of the pioneers of modern weather forecasting. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacob Bjerknes has received more than 87,396 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jacob Bjerknes is the 694th most popular biologist (up from 726th in 2019), the 683rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 697th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jacob Bjerknes ranks 694 out of 841. Before him are William Hemsley, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, William Sherard, David Don, Élie-Abel Carrière, and Johann Gerhard König. After him are Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Theobald Smith, Karel Domin, Thomas Campbell Eyton, and Pál Kitaibel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Jacob Bjerknes ranks 211. Before him are Blind Willie Johnson, Miguel Fleta, Ulises Poirier, Max Newman, Pedro Vallana, and Betty Compson. After him are Martti Marttelin, Aaro Pajari, Antonio Campolo, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Ville Pörhölä, and Douglas Hartree. Among people deceased in 1975, Jacob Bjerknes ranks 179. Before him are Victor Marijnen, Paul Peter Meouchi, Otto Winzer, Harold Osborn, Boris Babochkin, and Toti Dal Monte. After him are Erik Adlerz, Erico Verissimo, Oliver Nelson, Benjamin Jekhowsky, Hermann Paul Müller, and Arthur Bliss.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Jacob Bjerknes ranks 683 out of 1,612. Before him are Irma Johansson (1932), Victor Hasselblad (1906), Torbjörn Nilsson (1954), Nils Östensson (1918), Günther (1967), and Sophia Elisabet Brenner (1659). After him are Erik Adlerz (1892), Kjell Grede (1936), Richard Johansson (1882), Johan Richthoff (1898), Elis Wiklund (1909), and May Britt (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Jacob Bjerknes ranks 29. Before him are Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Karl Rudolphi (1771), Charles De Geer (1720), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), and Johan Andreas Murray (1740). After him are Carl Skottsberg (1880) and Astrid Cleve (1875).

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