Beno Gutenberg
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1889 – 1960
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Who was Beno Gutenberg?
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.
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- Born
- Jun 4, 1889
Darmstadt - Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Education
- University of Göttingen
- Died
- Jan 25, 1960
Pasadena
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on July 23, 2013
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