11 Facts About Harry Bryden

Harry Bryden is best known for his work in ocean circulation and in the role of the ocean in the Earth's climate.

Harry Bryden was supervised initially by Henry Stommel and then principally by Nick Fofonoff, and his thesis title was "Momentum, Mass, Heat, and Vorticity Balances from Oceanic Measurements of Current and Temperature".

Harry Bryden was awarded tenure at WHOI in 1983, and remained there until 1992, ultimately reaching the position of Senior Scientist.

Harry Bryden then moved to the United Kingdom and the Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, a unit funded by the Natural Environment Research Council.

Harry Bryden moved with IOS to Southampton when it partnered with the University of Southampton to create the Southampton Oceanography Centre, and has remained with its successor institutes.

Harry Bryden was appointed Regius Professor of Ocean Sciences at the University of Southampton in March 2020.

In 2003, Harry Bryden both became a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, and was awarded the society's Henry Stommel Research Award "for fundamental and elegant observational contributions to understanding the oceanic general circulation".

In 2005, Harry Bryden was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

In 2010, Harry Bryden was elected a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union.

Harry Bryden served as president of the Challenger Society for Marine Science from 2010 to 2012.

In 2013, in recognition of his work, Harry Bryden was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.