Harry Fielding Reid

Harry Fielding Reid (May 18, 1859 – June 18, 1944) was an American geophysicist. He was known for his works to seismology, mostly in his theory of elastic rebound that was about faults to earthquakes.[1]

Harry Fielding Reid
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Dr. H.F. Reid in Southeastern Alaska. (USGS photo by Charles Will Wright, 1933)
BornMay 18, 1859
DiedJune 18, 1944 (aged 85)
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
Other academic advisorsJames Joseph Sylvester

References

  1. Sources for this article include archival materials from the Ferdinand Hamburger Archives of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries, correspondence between the subject and colleagues/family members, and a biography of Reid written by Andrew Lawson and Perry Byerly for the Biographical Memoirs of the National Aacdemy of Sciences, vol. XXVI (1951), pp. 1-12.