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Charles Francis Richter

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Profession
Geologist
Died
Sep 30, 1985
Zodiac
Taurus
Born in
Ohio
About
Seismologist who created the famous Richter Scale, which describes the magnitude of seismic events. He served as a Professor at the California Institute of Technology from 1958 to 1970 and wrote the influential book Elementary Siesmology.
Family
He married creative writing teacher Lillian Brand in 1928.

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