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Edward Bullard
British geophysicist (1907-1980) · United Kingdom · On the map · Scientists · Died at 72
Sir Edward Crisp Bullard FRS was a British geophysicist who is considered, along with Maurice Ewing, to have founded the discipline of marine geophysics.
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1980Died3 April 19801978Maurice Ewing MedalAward1975Royal MedalAwardWilliam Bowie MedalAward1968Vetlesen PrizeAward1967Royal Society Bakerian MedalAwardWollaston MedalAward1965Alexander Agassiz MedalAwardGold Medal of the Royal Astronomical SocietyAward1959Arthur L. Day MedalAward1957Chree Medal and PrizeAward1953Hughes MedalAward1907Born21 September 1907
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He developed the theory of the geodynamo, pioneered the use of seismology to study the sea floor, measured geothermal heat flow through the ocean crust, and found new evidence for the theory of continental drift.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1980 · aged 72
