List of Famous people with last name Stommel

Henry Stommel

First Name Henry
Last Name Stommel
Born on September 27, 1920
Died on January 17, 1992 (aged 71)

Henry "Hank" Melson Stommel was a major contributor to the field of physical oceanography. Beginning in the 1940s, he advanced theories about global ocean circulation patterns and the behavior of the Gulf Stream that form the basis of physical oceanography today. Widely recognized as one of the most influential and productive oceanographers of his time, Stommel was both a groundbreaking theoretician and an astute, seagoing observer.

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