Vilhelm Bjerknes

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Vilhelm_Bjerknes
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Symons_Gold_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1862-03-14
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Christiania
gptkbp:child gptkb:Jacob_Bjerknes
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Norway
gptkbp:deathDate 1951-04-09
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Oslo
gptkbp:educatedAt gptkb:University_of_Oslo
gptkbp:fieldOfWork meteorology
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Vilhelm Bjerknes
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Carl-Gustaf_Rossby
gptkb:Jacob_Bjerknes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Heinrich_Hertz
gptkb:Hermann_von_Helmholtz
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Bergen_School_of_Meteorology
founder of modern weather forecasting
gptkbp:language gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Norwegian_Academy_of_Science_and_Letters
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Norwegian
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dynamic_Meteorology_and_Hydrography
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:meteorologist
gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Carl_Anton_Bjerknes
gptkbp:workInstitution gptkb:University_of_Leipzig
gptkb:University_of_Oslo
gptkb:University_of_Stockholm
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Carl-Gustaf_Rossby
gptkb:wind
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5