Victor Conrad, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Victor Conrad

Austrian scientist

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1876

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1962

Profession: physicist, university teacher, meteorologist, seismologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Victor Conrad was an Austrian-American physicist, seismologist and meteorologist.
He was the first director of the Austrian seismological service, and a reputed academician of international accomplishment.
He was politically victimized twice, in 1919 for his ethnicity and in 1934 as a socialist.
He emigrated to the United States in 1938, continuing his academic career in New York, California and at Cambridge.
Conrad's scientific work is documented in more than 240 papers concerning meteorology, climatology and seismology.
He first deduced the continental crust transition structure what is now named the Conrad discontinuity.