Johan Hjort

Johan Hjort
Born(1869-02-18)February 18, 1869
Christiania, Norway
DiedOctober 7, 1948(1948-10-07) (aged 79)
Oslo, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
Alma materLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
SpouseWanda Maria von der Marwitz
Children4
Scientific career
FieldsMarine biology, Oceanography, Fisheries science
Thesis Ûber den Entwicklungscyclus der zusammengesetzten Ascidien  (1893)

Johan Hjort ForMemRS[1] (18 February 1869 – 7 October 1948) was a Norwegian fisheries scientist, marine zoologist, and oceanographer. He was among the most prominent and influential marine zoologists of his time.

  1. ^ A. C. Hardy (1950). "Johan Hjort. 1869–1948". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 7 (19): 167–181. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1950.0012. S2CID 84512879.