Rudolf Falb
Meteorologist, Deceased Person
1838 – 1903
Who was Rudolf Falb?
Rudolf Falb was an Austrian popularizer of natural history who concerned himself with earthquakes, meteorology, astronomy and also with evolutionary linguistics. He developed the lunisolar flood hypothesis of earthquakes and volcanism, based on the concept of subterranean lava tides, which the academic community thoroughly refuted even during his lifetime; nevertheless he attained considerable popularity through apparently correct predictions of several seismic events. Falb's lasting legacy is that he popularized the concept of extraterrestrial influences of geophysical phenomena, even though his concepts regarding the origins of earthquakes were wrong.
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- Born
- Apr 14, 1838
Obdach - Nationality
- Austria
- Profession
- Died
- Sep 29, 1903
Schöneberg
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on July 23, 2013
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