Robert Mallet
Robert Mallet
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an Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself in research on earthquakes and is sometimes called the father of seismology
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Born
3 June 1810 Dublin, Ireland
Died
5 November 1881 (aged 71) Clapham, London
Nationality
Irish
Occupation
Engineer
Awards
Telford Medal (1859) Wollaston Medal (1877)
Institutions
British Association for the Advancement of Science Royal Geological Society of Ireland Royal Irish Academy Royal Society
adultbasic
Britain
Children
John William Mallet, Frederick Richard Mallet
Education
Trinity College in Dublin
era
1800+
Projects
Fastnet Rock lighthouse