at the SEISMOLOGICAL LABRATORY in Pasadena
Charles Richter's wife was Margaret B. Richter. They married in 1939 and shared a life together until his death in 1985. Margaret was supportive of Charles's work as a seismologist and contributed to his research in various ways.
In 1928 Charles Richter married Lillian Brand. Charles Francis Richter had no children.
Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist who developed the Richter scale in 1935 for measuring the magnitude of earthquakes. The Richter scale is logarithmic and measures the amplitude of seismic waves recorded on seismographs. Richter's work revolutionized the way earthquakes are measured and classified.
Charles Richter was born on April 26, 1900.
Charles Richter was born on April 26, 1900.
A accomplishment don by Charles Richter is the Richter scale made to know when an earthquake is coming.
He worked with Beno Gutenberg, a seismologist at the California Institute of Technology to create the Richter scale. Please see the related links.
Charles Richter made it so it can measure the size of an earthquake.
Charles Richter
Charles Francis Richter
Charles Richter died on September 30, 1985 at the age of 85.
Charles Francis Richter died in Pasadena, California on the 30th of September.