Leon Knopoff
Facts
18 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- July 1, 1925
- Date of death
- January 20, 2011
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Place of death
- Sherman Oaks
- Country of citizenship
- United States[9]
- Occupation
- physicist, seismologist, university teacher, geophysicist
- Educated at
- California Institute of Technology (?–1949), California Institute of Technology[11][12]
- Award received
- Guggenheim Fellowship, Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Emil Wiechert Medal, Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University[14][15][16][17][18]
- Citizenship
- United States
- Doctoral advisor
- Bill Pickering[13]
- Doctoral student
- Mark (Marek) Stefan Tadeusz Bukowinski, Narbik Manukian, Lawrence Delpino Porter, Robert Warren Fredricks, Joseph Frederick Hook, Edo Nyland, Richard Cronan Smith, Edgar Alvin Kraut, Anthony Frank Gangi, Walter L. Pilant, William Harold Ruehle, Nirendra N. Biswas, Glenn L. Brown, John David Scholler, Per M. Jogi, Mark S. Abinante, Matthew W. Lee, Xiao-xi Ni, James N. Shapiro, H. Douglas Garbin, Alan R. Leeds[23][24]
- Given name
- Leon
- Maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
- Member of
- National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, American Philosophical Society (1992–present)[19][20][21]
- Oral history at
- UCLA Center for Oral History Research
- ISNI
- 0000000110028064
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- n85001799
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- 7003763942
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- 10568486
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Summary
Leon Knopoff was born in Los Angeles[1]. He was born on July 1, 1925[2]. He passed away in Sherman Oaks[3]. He died on January 20, 2011[4]. He worked as a physicist[5], seismologist[6], university teacher[7], and geophysicist[8].
Body
Education
Educated at California Institute of Technology[11], a university[25], in United States[26], founded in 1891[27], headquartered in California[28].
Career and Affiliations
Doctoral students include Mark (Marek) Stefan Tadeusz Bukowinski[23]; Narbik Manukian[24]; Lawrence Delpino Porter[29]; Robert Warren Fredricks[30]; Joseph Frederick Hook[31]; and Edo Nyland[32], a geophysicist[33].
Recognition
Awards received include Guggenheim Fellowship[14], a fellowship grant[34], in United States[35], founded in 1925[36]; Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[15], a science award[37], in United Kingdom[38], founded in 1824[39]; Emil Wiechert Medal[16], a science award[40], in Germany[41]; Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[17], a fellowship award[42], in United States[43], founded in 1962[44]; and honorary doctor of Louis Pasteur University[18], an award[45], in France[46].
FAQs
Where was Leon Knopoff born?
Born in Los Angeles[1].
Where did Leon Knopoff die?
Leon Knopoff died in Sherman Oaks[3].
What did Leon Knopoff do for work?
Leon Knopoff worked as physicist[5], seismologist[6], university teacher[7], and geophysicist[8].
Where did Leon Knopoff go to school?
Leon Knopoff was educated at California Institute of Technology[11] and California Institute of Technology[12].
What awards did Leon Knopoff receive?
Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[14], Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society[15], Emil Wiechert Medal[16], and Fellow of the American Geophysical Union[17].