I have always liked my name, even though I was always called 'Reese's Pieces' in elementary school-for about 2 days, I might add, until it got old. I was proud of my name's history, meaning, and connection to family, even at a young age.
Thor Heyerdahl (October 6, 1914 Larvik, Norway â April 18, 2002 Colla Micheri, Italy) was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer with a scientific background in zoology and geography.
Thor Heyerdahl. Thor Heyerdahl, the Norwegian anthropologist who has died in Italy aged 87, was propelled to fame by his remarkable crossing of the Pacific Ocean aboard a balsa-log raft, the Kon-Tiki, in 1947. 12:10AM BST 19 Apr 2002.