seismologist Harry Fielding Reid

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geophysicist human seismologist

Harry Fielding Reid was an American seismologist best known for formulating the elastic rebound theory, which explains how energy is stored and released in earthquakes.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	geophysicist → human → seismologist →
appliedElasticReboundTheoryTo	1906 San Francisco earthquake →
awardReceived	Wollaston Medal →
contributedTo	modern earthquake theory → understanding of fault slip in earthquakes →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1859-05-18 →
dateOfDeath	1944-06-18 →
developedTheory	elastic rebound theory →
educatedAt	Johns Hopkins University →
employer	Johns Hopkins University →
familyName	Reid →
fieldOfWork	geophysics → glaciology → seismology →
gender	male →
givenName	Harry →
hasAcademicDiscipline	geology →
hasCitizenship	United States of America →
hasNotableConcept	elastic rebound →
influenced	development of plate tectonics-era earthquake models →
knownFor	elastic rebound theory →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Seismological Society of America →
name	Harry Fielding Reid →
nationality	American →
notableWork	formulation of elastic rebound theory of earthquakes →
occupation	geophysicist → seismologist →
placeOfBirth	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
placeOfDeath	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
positionHeld	professor of geology at Johns Hopkins University →
residence	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
studied	crustal deformation → earthquake mechanics → earthquakes → fault movement → glaciology → strain accumulation along faults →
studiedEvent	1906 San Francisco earthquake →
theoryDescribes	storage and release of elastic strain energy in the Earth’s crust during earthquakes →
workLocation	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1906 San Francisco earthquake →	studiedBy