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Slichter was notable for, among other things, earth tides research, submarine detection, development of three-component short-period seismographs, studies of the earth temperature distribution, and the invention of a number of important geophysical devices.
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UCLA:Louis Byrne Slichter, Geophysics and Planetary Physics: Los Angeles;Professor of Geophysics, Emeritus;Director of the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Emeritus
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is named after him. The Institute of Geophysics building in UCLA where he used to work as a director of the Institute has been named Slichter Hall. He was a member of the
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New York Times:Louis B. Slichter, 81, of U.C.L.A.; Headed Institute of Geophysics;widely honored pioneer in the earth sciences;March 28, 1978
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encyclopedia.com;SLICHTER, LOUIS BYRNE;(b. Madison, Wisconsin, 19 May 1896; d. Los Angeles, California, 25 March 1978);geophysics.
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National Academies Press:Biographical Memoirs V.85 (2004), LOUIS BYRNE SLICHTER; BY LEON KNOPOFF AND CHARLES P. SLICHTER
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called him "one of the foremost geophysicists of the twentieth century, an outstanding leader, scholar, and teacher".
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Slichter Foreland: Antarctica;SOURCE: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
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and the chair of the Academy's Geophysics Section. He was also a fellow of the
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1945–1947: University of Wisconsin–Madison, Professor of Geophysics
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1947 Director of the Institute of Geophysics, Professor of Geophysics,
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called Slichter a "widely honored pioneer in the earth sciences". The
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1922: PhD in physics, University of Wisconsin–Madison
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called him "the world leader in the analysis of the solid
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Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences
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Array of Contemporary American Physicists:Louis Slichter
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American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers
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March 25, 1978 dies Los Angeles Medical Center at UCLA
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L. B. Slichter

Madison, Wisconsin
Los Angeles, California
Forest Hill Cemetery
Alma mater
University of Wisconsin–Madison
physicist
geophysicist
UCLA
Slichter Foreland
Antarctica
National Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Physical Society
American Geophysical Union
New York Times
National Academy of Sciences
UCLA
earth tides
Charles S. Slichter
Sumner Slichter
Charles P. Slichter
Mary Van Rensselaer Buell
Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
National Academy of Sciences
Presidential Certificate of Merit
Rockefeller Foundation

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