Adam Dziewonski

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Adam Dziewonski was a prominent Polish-American geophysicist renowned for his pioneering work in seismology and the structure of the Earth's interior.

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Adam Dziewonski canonical 2
Adam Marian Dziewonski 1

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instanceOf Polish American ⓘ
academic ⓘ
geophysicist ⓘ
human ⓘ
seismologist ⓘ
awardReceived Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society ⓘ
Harry Fielding Reid Medal ⓘ
Inge Lehmann Medal ⓘ
Order of Polonia Restituta ⓘ
Vetlesen Prize ⓘ
William Bowie Medal ⓘ
citizenship Poland ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coDeveloperOf Preliminary Reference Earth Model ⓘ
countryOfBirth Poland ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1936-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-03-01 ⓘ
educatedAt Polish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
University of Warsaw ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
familyName Dziewonski ⓘ
fieldOfWork Earth sciences ⓘ
geophysics ⓘ
seismology ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Adam ⓘ
knownFor PREM (Preliminary Reference Earth Model) ⓘ
development of seismic tomography ⓘ
global seismology ⓘ
studies of the structure of the Earth’s interior ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences ⓘ
National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America ⓘ
Polish Academy of Sciences ⓘ
name Adam Marian Dziewonski ⓘ
linked to: Adam Dziewonski
nativeLanguage Polish ⓘ
notableStudent Barbara Romanowicz ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lwów ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Geophysics at Harvard University ⓘ
researchInterest Earth’s core ⓘ
Earth’s mantle ⓘ
linked to: Earth's mantle

global seismic networks ⓘ
seismic wave propagation ⓘ
residence Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
workplace Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Harvard University ⓘ

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William Bowie Medal → notableRecipient → Adam Dziewonski ⓘ
Maurice Ewing Medal → hasRecipient → Adam Dziewonski ⓘ
Adam Dziewonski → name → Adam Marian Dziewonski ⓘ
linked to: Adam Dziewonski