Rudolf Falb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rudolf Falb

Austrian popularizer of natural history

Date of Birth: 13-Apr-1838

Place of Birth: Obdach, Styria, Austria

Date of Death: 29-Sep-1903

Profession: naturalist, writer, teacher, geologist, meteorologist

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Rudolf Falb (born 14 April 1838 in Obdach (Styria, Austrian Empire; died 29 September 1903 in Schöneberg, German Empire) was an Austrian popularizer of natural history who concerned himself with earthquakes, meteorology, astronomy and also with evolutionary linguistics.
He developed the lunisolar flood hypothesis of earthquakes and volcanism, based on the concept of subterranean lava tides, which the academic community thoroughly refuted even during his lifetime; nevertheless he attained considerable popularity through apparently correct predictions of several seismic events.
Falb's lasting legacy is that he popularized the concept of extraterrestrial influences of geophysical phenomena, even though his concepts regarding the origins of earthquakes were wrong.