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Name: Charles F. Richter
Birth Date: April 26, 1900
Death Date: September 30, 1985
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: seismologist

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Biography of Charles F. Richter
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Charles F. Richter (1900-1985) was one of the developers of the Richter Scale which is used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes. Charles F. Richter is remembered every time an earthquake happens. With German-born seismologist Beno Gutenberg,...


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Charles Francis Richter Summary
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1900-1985 American geophysicist who developed the earthquake magnitude scale. Earning a physics doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, Richter conducted seismology research at the Pasadena Geophysical Laboratory. Together with Beno...
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Richter, Charles F. (1900-1985) Summary
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American seismologist Charles F. Richter is remembered every time an earthquake happens. With German-born seismologist Beno Gutenberg, Richter developed the scale that bears his name and measures the magnitude of earthquakes. Richter was a pioneer in...
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Charles Francis Richter Information
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Charles Francis Richter (April 26, 1900 – September 30, 1985), was an Californian 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,...


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The Washington Post
Richter Scale Registers A Record in De Francis
07/16/2000: 545 words, approx. 2 pages
All the conditions were ideal for Richter Scale to deliver a blockbuster performance in the Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash yesterday. And he did just that. The invader from Kentucky ran six furlongs in 1 minute 7 4/5 seconds, the fastest time...
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