Kristian Birkeland
Physicist, Academic
1867 – 1917
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Who was Kristian Birkeland?
Kristian Olaf Birkeland was a Norwegian scientist. He is best remembered as the person who first elucidated the nature of the Aurora borealis. In order to fund his research on the aurorae, he invented the electromagnetic cannon and the Birkeland-Eyde process of fixing nitrogen from the air. Birkeland was nominated for the Nobel Prize seven times.
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- Born
- Dec 13, 1867
Oslo - Also known as
- Kristian Olaf Birkeland
- Birkeland, Kristian Olaf Bernhard
- Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Ida Hammer
(1905/05 - 1911)
- Ida Hammer
- Ethnicity
- Norwegians
- Nationality
- Norway
- Profession
- Education
- University of Oslo
Theoretical physics
( - 1890)
- University of Oslo
- Lived in
- Norway
- Died
- Jun 15, 1917
Tokyo
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on July 23, 2013
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