Sverdrup, H. U. (Harald Ulrik), 1888-1957 (Personal Name)

The oceans, their physics, chemistry, and general biology, 1942: t.p. (H.U. Sverdrup)

LC in RLIN, 2-6-96 (hdg.: Sverdrup, Harald Ulrik, 1888-1957; usage: H.U. Sverdrup)

Wikipedia, March 25, 2019 (Harald Sverdrup (oceanographer); Harald Ulrik Sverdrup (15 November 1888 - 21 August 1957) was a Norwegian oceanographer and meteorologist. He was director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography and director of the Norwegian Polar Institute; He was made director of California's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in 1936, initially for 3 years but the intervention of World War II meant he held the post until 1948; After leaving Scripps, he became director of the Norwegian Polar Institute in Oslo and continued to contribute to oceanography, ocean biology and polar research; born in Sogndal in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway; died in Oslo, Norway)