Beno Gutenberg
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 64 years ago |
Date of birth | June 4,1889 |
Zodiac sign | Gemini |
Born | Darmstadt |
Germany | |
Date of died | January 25,1960 |
Died | Pasadena |
California | |
United States | |
Field | Seismology |
Education | University of Göttingen |
École et Observatoire des Sciences de la Terre (EOST) | |
Nationality | American |
German | |
Awards | William Bowie Medal |
Notable student | Helmut Landsberg |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 731578 |
Beno Gutenberg Life story
Beno Gutenberg was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude.