dec 26, 1861 - Emil Wiechert

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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.

Born: 26 December 1861, Tilsit, Province of Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia
Died: 19 March 1928 (aged 66)
Göttingen, Germany
Known for: Liénard–Wiechert potential,
Maxwell–Wiechert model,
Wiechert–Gutenberg discontinuity,
Wiechert–Herglotz method,
Independent discovery of electron
Fields: Physics, Geophysics
Notable students: Karl Bernhard Zoeppritz, Beno Gutenberg

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