What is Inge Lehmann's full name?
Inge Lehmann
Inge Lehmann date of birth:
May 13, 1888
How old was Inge Lehmann when died?
104
Where was Inge Lehmann born?
Østerbro. Copenhagen, Denmark
When did Inge Lehmann die?
February 21, 1993
Where did Inge Lehmann die?
Copenhagen, Denmark
Inge Lehmann body shape:
Slim
What is Inge Lehmann's ethnicity?
White
What is Inge Lehmann nationality?
Danish
Where did Inge Lehmann go to university?
Mathematics, University of Copenhagen, Denmark , Mathematics, University of Cambridge, England
What is Inge Lehmann's occupation?
Seismologist and geophysicist
Inge Lehmann claim to fame:
She postulated the Earth's inner core. In 1936, she theorized from existing seismic data the existence of an inner core with physical properties distinct from the outer core's and that Earth's core is not a single molten sphere.
Short Biography
Inge Lehmann ForMemRS (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist. In 1936, she discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. Before that, seismologists believed Earth's core to be a single molten sphere, being unable, however, to explain careful measurements of seismic waves from earthquakes, which were inconsistent with the Earth having a single molten core. Lehmann analysed the seismic wave measurements and concluded, that Earth must have a solid inner core and a molten outer core to produce seismic waves that matched the measurements. Other seismologists tested and then accepted Lehmann's explanation.