Andrija Mohorovičić

Andrija Mohorovičić
Portrait of Andrija Mohorovičić
Born23 January 1857
Opatija, Austrian Littoral, Austrian Empire
Died18 December 1936(1936-12-18) (aged 79)
Zagreb, Sava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Resting placeMirogoj, Zagreb
Alma materCharles University in Prague
Occupationsseismologist, meteorologist
Known forEponym for the Mohorovičić discontinuity
SpouseSilvija Vernić

Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist and academic. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. He is also considered among the greatest Croatian natural scientists.

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