PEOPLE KNOWN FOR: seismology

Clarence Edward Dutton was an American geologist and pioneer seismologist who developed and named the principle of isostasy. According to this principle, the level of the Earth’s crust is determined by...

John Michell was a British geologist and astronomer who is considered one of the fathers of seismology, the science of earthquakes. In 1760, the year in which he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society...

Charles F. Richter was an American physicist and seismologist who developed the Richter scale for measuring earthquake magnitude. Born on an Ohio farm, Richter moved with his mother to Los Angeles in 1916....

John Milne was an English geologist and influential seismologist who developed the modern seismograph and promoted the establishment of seismological stations worldwide. Milne worked as a mining engineer...

Harry Fielding Reid was an American seismologist and glaciologist who in 1911 developed the elastic rebound theory of earthquake mechanics, still accepted today. Reid was professor of applied mechanics...

Richard Dixon Oldham was a British geologist and seismologist who discovered evidence for the existence of the Earth’s core. After training at the Royal School of Mines, Oldham joined the Geological Survey...

Beno Gutenberg was an American seismologist noted for his analyses of earthquake waves and the information they furnish about the physical properties of the Earth’s interior. Gutenberg served as a professor...