March 14, 1863
Precision: day · Rank: normal
- Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1912)
THE DATE BEHIND THE NAME
Vilhelm Bjerknes
Norwegian physicist and meteorologist (*1862 – †1951)
Vilhelm Bjerknes has incompatible recorded birth dates. The main Wikidata statement lists March 14, 1862 in Oslo, Norway.
Born
March 14, 1862
An exact age is omitted because the recorded dates are incompatible or not precise enough.
Died: April 9, 1951
Source:
Synchronized from Wikidata on October 5, 2026.
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway, Christiania, Oslo Municipality
- Professions
- climatologist, scientist, mathematician, physicist, university teacher, meteorologist, geophysicist
- Citizenship
- Norway
Incompatible birth dates
Sources disagree: March 14, 1862 (Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana; Brockhaus Enzyklopädie; MacTutor History of Mathematics archive; Hvem er Hvem? (1948); Encyclopædia Britannica Online; SNAC; Great Norwegian Encyclopedia; Norsk biografisk leksikon) or March 14, 1863 (Hvem er Hvem? (1912)).
The main date retains its own sources. These alternatives overlap neither all other statements nor the main date. Rank is Wikidata editorial priority, not proof.
More about Vilhelm Bjerknes
- Birth name
- Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes
Family
- Father
- Carl Anton Bjerknes
- Child
- Jacob Bjerknes
All birth date sources
A source is P248 “stated in” or a non-Wikimedia reference URL. Import-only references do not qualify.
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
- Brockhaus Enzyklopädie
- MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Hvem er Hvem? (1948)
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online
- SNAC
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia
- Norsk biografisk leksikon
Synchronized from Wikidata on October 5, 2026. View Wikidata record
Questions people ask
Where was Vilhelm Bjerknes born?
Vilhelm Bjerknes was born in Oslo, Norway; Christiania; Oslo Municipality.
What was Vilhelm Bjerknes’s name at birth?
Vilhelm Bjerknes’s recorded birth name is Vilhelm Friman Koren Bjerknes.
When did Vilhelm Bjerknes die?
Vilhelm Bjerknes died on April 9, 1951.