| LC control no. | nr 96005386 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sverdrup, H. U. (Harald Ulrik), 1888-1957 |
| Variant(s) | Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik, 1888-1957 |
| See also | Chief executive of: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Chief executive of: Norsk polarinstitutt |
| Associated country | Norway |
| Associated place | La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) |
| Birth date | 1888-11-15 |
| Death date | 1957-08-21 |
| Place of birth | Sogndal (Norway) |
| Place of death | Oslo (Norway) |
| Affiliation | Scripps Institution of Oceanography Norsk polarinstitutt |
| Profession or occupation | Oceanographers Meteorologists College administrators |
| Found in | The oceans, their physics, chemistry, and general biology, 1942: t.p. (H.U. Sverdrup) LC in RLIN, 2-6-96 (hdg.: Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik, 1888-1957; usage: H.U. Sverdrup) Wikipedia, March 25, 2019 (Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer); Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (15 November 1888 - 21 August 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He was director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and director of the Norwegian Polar Institute; He was made director of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1936, initially for 3 years but the intervention of World War II meant he held the post until 1948; After leaving Scripps, he became director of the Norwegian Polar Institute in Oslo and continued to contribute to oceanography, ocean biology and polar research; born in Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Oslo, Norway) |
| Associated language | eng |
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