Harald Wergeland
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Harald Nicolai Storm Wergeland (14 March 1912 – 25 January 1987) was a Norwegian
physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...
. He was a professor at the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He was born in
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as a son of forest manager Harald Nicolay Storm Wergeland (1884–1953) and Ebba Marie Weien (1889–1952). In 1937 he married Hedvig Louise Ording, a sister of Fredrik Ording. He finished his secondary education in 1931. He graduated as a chemical engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1936 and earned the dr.philos. degree in 1942. He was briefly a teacher at Trondheim Commerce School before working as an assistant at the Norwegian Institute of Technology from 1939. Wergeland worked as a professor of physics from 1946 to 1979 at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, now the Norwegian University of Science and Technology at Gløshaugen. He also served as associate professor at
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from 1948 to 1949. Wergeland participated in the foundation of CERN and was a leading member of Pugwash in Norway. He served as praeses of the
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from 1958 to 1965. He was a member of the
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from 1943, the
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from 1964 and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1960 and received the
Gunnerus Medal The Gunnerus Medal ( no, Gunnerusmedaljen) is a medal awarded by the learned society Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. It was inaugurated in 1927, and named after Johan Ernst Gunnerus, founder of the learned society. Members of the l ...
in 1970.


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The family tree of Harald Wergeland on Geni.com
1912 births 1987 deaths Norwegian chemical engineers Norwegian physicists Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni Norwegian Institute of Technology faculty Norwegian expatriates in the United States Members of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters Members of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters People associated with CERN {{Norway-academic-bio-stub