Francis Birch, Ph.D.
Francis Birch, Ph.D.
National Medal of Science – Physical Sciences 1967
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Name: Francis Birch
Birth: 22 August, 1903
Death: 30 January, 1992
Institution: Harvard University Cambridge,Massachusetts USA
Award: “For outstanding contributions to geophysics which have immeasurably increased our understanding of the composition and the processes of the interior of the earth.”
Presented by President Johnson at a White House ceremony on February 13, 1968.
Prize: “For outstanding contributions to geophysics which have immeasurably increased our understanding of the composition and the processes of the interior of the earth.”
Biography
Nat’l Medal Sciences
Biography
Francis Birch A biographical memoir by Thomas J .Ahrens
National Academy of Sciences, biography 20 pages, 24 pages total.