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Høffding, Harald
(Encyclopedia)Høffding, Harald häˈräl höfˈdĭng [key], 1843–1931, Danish philosopher. He was professor at Copenhagen (1883–1915). His histories of philosophy have been enjoyed by a large audience, especia...Harald
(Encyclopedia)Harald. For Norwegian kings thus named, use Harold.Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik
(Encyclopedia)Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik häˈräl o͞olˈrĭk svĕrˈdro͝op [key], 1888–1957, Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He was in charge of the scientific work on the Maud for Amundsen's arctic exp...Harold V
(Encyclopedia)Harold V or Harald V, 1937–, king of Norway (1991–); son of Olaf V. He lived in exile in Washington, D.C., during World War II and was educated at Oslo Katedralskole before taking up a military ca...Harold I
(Encyclopedia)Harold I or Harold Fairhair, Norse Harald Haarfager, c.850–c.933, first king of Norway, son of Halfdan the Black, king of Vestfold (SE Norway). After succeeding his father, Harold initiated a series...Barré-Sinoussi, Françoise
(Encyclopedia)Barré-Sinoussi, Françoise, 1947–, French virologist, Ph.D. Pasteur Institute, Paris, 1974. She has been a professor at the Pasteur Institute since 1974 and was appointed head of its retroviral uni...Harold III
(Encyclopedia)Harold III or Harold Hardrada härdräˈdə [key], Norse Harald Harðráði [Harold stern council], d. 1066, king of Norway (1046–66), half-brother of Olaf II. After Olaf's defeat (1030), Harold wen...zur Hausen, Harald
(Encyclopedia)zur Hausen, Harald, 1936–, German virologist, M.D. Univ. of Düsseldorf, 1960. He was a researcher at the Univ. of Würzburg, Germany (1968–72), chairman of the Institute of Clinical Virology, Erl...Montagnier, Luc Antoine
(Encyclopedia)Montagnier, Luc Antoine, 1932–, French virologist, M.D. Sorbonne, 1960. Montagnier was a researcher at the Medical Research Council at Carshalton, London (1960–63), the Institute of Virology in Gl...Munk, Walter Heinrich
(Encyclopedia)Munk, Walter Heinrich, 1917–2019, American oceanographer and geophysicist, b. Vienna (then in Austria-Hungary), B.S. California Institute of Technology, 1939, Ph.D Univ. of California, Los Angeles, ...Browse by Subject
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