Charles Francis Richter
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 39 years ago |
| Date of birth | April 26,1900 |
| Zodiac sign | Taurus |
| Born | Overpeck |
| Ohio | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | September 30,1985 |
| Died | Pasadena |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Spouse | Lillian Brand |
| Parents | Lillian Anna Richter |
| Fred W. Kinsinger | |
| Books | Elementary seismology |
| Seismicity of the Earth and Associated Phenomena | |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Stanford University |
| California Institute of Technology | |
| Los Angeles High School | |
| Siblings | Margaret Rose Richter |
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| ID | 829087 |
Charles Francis Richter Life story
Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist and physicist. Richter is most famous as the creator of the Richter magnitude scale, which, until the development of the moment magnitude scale in 1979, quantified the size of earthquakes.
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