About Bernhard Haurwitz
Lived 1905 – 1986 (aged 80). Bernhard Haurwitz was an American physicist and meteorologist.
Bernhard Haurwitz (August 14, 1905 in Glogau, Germany – February 27, 1986 in Fort Collins, Colorado) was a German-born American meteorologist and physicist. Haurwitz was Chair of Department of Meteorology at New York University (NYU), and a recipient of the Carl-Gustaf Rossby Research Medal. He was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1970.
Education Haurwitz received a Ph.D. degree in Meteorology and Geophysics in 1927 from the University of Leipzig.
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American physicist (1905-1986)
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Bernhard Haurwitz was born on 14 August 1905 in Głogów.
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Bernhard Haurwitz died on 27 February 1986 in Fort Collins.
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Bernhard Haurwitz was a physicist and meteorologist.
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