page_title: Emil Wiechert
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caption_attribution_description: Emil Wiechert (1861-1928), German electrofysicist, astronomer and seismologist
context_page_description: Emil Johann Wiechert was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron. He went on to become the world's first Professor of Geophysics at the University of Göttingen.
context_section_description: Emil Johann Wiechert (26 December 1861 – 19 March 1928) was a German physicist and geophysicist who made many contributions to both fields, including presenting the first verifiable model of a layered structure of the Earth and being among the first to discover the electron.  He went on to become the world's first Professor of Geophysics at the University of Göttingen.
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