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Emil Wiechert
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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science · German physicist (1861–1928) · physicist · geophysicist · astronomer · seismologist · university teacher · inventor · also Emil Wiechert, Emil Johann Wiechert, Wiechert
Born 26 December 1861 · Died 19 March 1928 · Q61771
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idw: Briefmarke zu Ehren des Geophysikers Emil Wiechert
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1928· 1 entry
Died 1928-03-19.
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1912· 1 entry
Awarded honorary member of the Physics Association (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) (1912).
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1898· 1 entry
Was appointed to the world's first Chair of Geophysics at the University of Göttingen
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1896· 1 entry
Published the first verifiable model of the Earth's interior as a series of shells
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1861· 1 entry
Born 1861-12-26.
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