Perry Byerly | |
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| Born | May 28, 1897 Clarinda, Iowa |
| Died | September 26, 1978 (aged 81) Oakland, California |
| Education | Ph.D. (1924) in physics |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Spouses | Ardis Gehring (1925–1929) Elsie Gillmor (1932–1940) Lillian Nuckolls (1941–1978) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Dispersion of Energy Without Dispersion of Frequencies in Transverse Elastic Waves in the Earth (1924) |
Perry Byerly, Jr. (May 28, 1897 – September 26, 1978) was an American geophysicist and seismologist. He was the first professor of seismology at the University of California, Berkeley, and was named emeritus professor in 1965. By 1969, Byerly was considered "one of the foremost seismologists in the country".[1]