Charles Francis Richter
1900-1985
American geophysicist who developed the earthquake magnitude scale. Earning a physics doctorate from the California Institute of Technology, Richter conducted seismol...
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Richter, Charles F. (1900-1985)
American seismologist
Charles F. Richter is remembered every time an earthquake happens. With German-born seismologist Beno Gutenberg, Richter developed the scale that ...
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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. W...
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