Emil Wiechert
✓ Source-basedfallingGerman geophysicist and seismologist (1861-1928)
ScientistsLived 1861 to 1928 · aged 67
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Emil Johann Wiechert was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron.
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Emil Johann Wiechert was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron. He went on to become the world's first Professor of Geophysics at the University of Göttingen.
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deceased
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Lived 1861 to 1928 · aged 67
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