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Andrija Mohorovicic

moh-hoh-ROH-vih-chich
Also Known As Andrija Mohorovicic
Seismologist

A Croatian meteorologist and seismologist who found, in the seismic record of a single 1909 earthquake, the sharp discontinuity separating Earth's crust from its mantle, a boundary that still carries his name in every geology textbook. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Birth Date
1857-01-23 1
Birth Year
1857 1
Death Date
1936-12-18 1
Death Year
1936 1
Birthplace
Volosko, Opatija, Austrian Littoral, Austrian Empire 1
Death Place
Zagreb 2
Nationality
Austrian Empire 2
Nationality
Cisleithania 2
Nationality
Croatian 1
Nationality
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes 2
Nationality
Kingdom of Yugoslavia 2
Defining Contribution
Analyzing seismic wave data from a 1909 earthquake, discovered the sharp boundary separating the Earth's crust from its mantle, now called the Mohorovicic discontinuity, and used the way the waves reflected and refracted there to estimate the crust's thickness at roughly 54 kilometers. 1
Connections

Concepts Credited

Mohorovicic Discontinuity, Concepts
Source Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)

Works In

Seismology, Disciplines
Source Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)
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Nationality

Croatia

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article
Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist and academic.
Sources
1. Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikipedia)
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was a Croatian geophysicist and academic.
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2. Andrija Mohorovicic (Wikidata)
  • P20 (place of death)
    died in Zagreb
  • Wikidata item aliases (en) [1]
    also known as Andrija Mohorovicic
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [1]
    citizen of Kingdom of Yugoslavia
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [2]
    citizen of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [3]
    citizen of Cisleithania
  • P27 (country of citizenship) [4]
    citizen of Austrian Empire
  • P19 (place of birth) [1]
    born in Volosko
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Wikidata: Andrija Mohorovicic
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