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Beno Gutenberg was a German-American seismologist, meteorologist, university teacher and geologist, born on 4 June 1889 in Darmstadt. He was educated at the University of Göttingen under doctoral advisor Emil Wiechert, and worked in the fields of seismology and geophysics as a professor employed by Goethe University Frankfurt and the California Institute of Technology. His own doctoral student was Helmut Landsberg.
Gutenberg was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and the National Academy of Sciences, and he received the William Bowie Medal. He died of pneumonia on 25 January 1960 in Pasadena.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Beno
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Darmstadt
- Place of death
- Pasadena
- Occupation
- geophysicist
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- University of Göttingen
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Doctoral advisor
- Emil Wiechert
- Field of work
- geophysics
- Image
- Beno Gutenberg.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1889-06-04
- date of death
- 1960-01-25
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- Commons category
- Beno Gutenberg
- name in native language
- Beno Gutenberg
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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- manner of death
- natural causes
- interested in
- seismology
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