Adam Dziewonski
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Adam Dziewonski was a prominent Polish-American geophysicist renowned for his pioneering work in seismology and the structure of the Earth's interior.
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| Adam Dziewonski canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
Polish American
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academic ⓘ geophysicist ⓘ human ⓘ seismologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Harry Fielding Reid Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Inge Lehmann Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ Order of Polonia Restituta NERFINISHED ⓘ Vetlesen Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ William Bowie Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Poland
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United States of America ⓘ |
| coDeveloperOf | Preliminary Reference Earth Model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Poland ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1936-11-15 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2016-03-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Polish Academy of Sciences
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University of Warsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Harvard University ⓘ |
| familyName | Dziewonski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Earth sciences
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geophysics ⓘ seismology ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Adam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
PREM (Preliminary Reference Earth Model)
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development of seismic tomography ⓘ global seismology ⓘ studies of the structure of the Earth’s interior ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
English
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Polish ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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National Academy of Sciences ⓘ
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National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Polish Academy of Sciences NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Adam Marian Dziewonski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Barbara Romanowicz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Lwów NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Geophysics at Harvard University ⓘ |
| researchInterest |
Earth’s core
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Earth’s mantle NERFINISHED ⓘ global seismic networks ⓘ seismic wave propagation ⓘ |
| residence | Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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