# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-galitzine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:37.244Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-galitzine"
name: "Boris Galitzine"
slug: "boris-galitzine"
description: "Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn was a prominent Russian Empire physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern seismology. In 1911 he was chosen to be the president of the International Seismology Association."
tagline: "Russian geologist (1862–1916)"
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gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
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  slug: "scientist"
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birthDate: "1862-02-18"
deathDate: "1916-05-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.819908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump