Beno Gutenberg

Seismologist (1889-1960) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 70

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 scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude.

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