Harry Fielding Reid
American geophysicist and seismologist (1859–1944)
Harry Fielding Reid (May 18, 1859 – June 18, 1944) was an American geophysicist. He was known for his works to seismology, mostly in his theory of elastic rebound that was about faults to earthquakes.[1]
Harry Fielding Reid | |
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 Dr. H.F. Reid in Southeastern Alaska. (USGS photo by Charles Will Wright, 1933) | |
| Born | May 18, 1859 |
| Died | June 18, 1944 (aged 85) |
| Nationality | American |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Geophysics |
| Doctoral advisor | Henry Augustus Rowland |
| Other academic advisors | James Joseph Sylvester |
References
change- ↑ Sources for this article include archival materials from the Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries, correspondence between the subject and colleagues/family members, and a biography of Reid written by Andrew Lawson and Perry Byerly for the Biographical Memoirs of the National Aacdemy of Sciences, vol. XXVI (1951), pp. 1-12.
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