Adam Dziewonski, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Adam Dziewonski

American seismologist

Date of Birth: 15-Nov-1936

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 01-Mar-2016

Profession: geologist, seismologist

Nationality: United States, Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Adam Marian Dziewonski (November 15, 1936 – March 1, 2016) was a Polish-American geophysicist who made seminal contributions to the determination of the large-scale structure of the Earth's interior and the nature of earthquakes using seismological methods.
He spent most of his career at Harvard University, where he was the Frank B.
Baird, Jr.
Professor of Science.