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Ragnar Fjørtoft
Meteorologist (1913-1998) · Norway · On the map · Academics · Died at 84
Ragnar Fjørtoft was an internationally recognized Norwegian meteorologist. He was part of a Princeton, New Jersey team that in 1950 performed the first successful numerical weather prediction using the ENIAC electronic computer.
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1998Died28 May 19981991International Meteorological Organization PrizeAward1977Fridtjof Nansen Award of Excellence, Mathematics-Natural sciences classAward1967Order of St. OlavAward1913Born1 August 1913
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He was also a professor of meteorology at the University of Copenhagen and director of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute.
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Norway
Category
Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1913 to 1998 · aged 84
