Prince Boris Borisovich Golitsyn (, – ) was a prominent

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physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

who invented the first

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seismograph A seismometer is an instrument that responds to ground displacement and shaking such as caused by quakes, volcanic eruptions, and explosions. They are usually combined with a timing device and a recording device to form a seismograph. The out ...

in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern Seismology. In 1911 he was chosen to be the president of the International Seismology Association. He was a plenary speaker on the International Congress of mathematicians in Cambridge 1912, and in 1916 was elected as member of the

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. He belonged to the

Golitsyn family The House of Golitsyn (, ) is the second largest and noblest Princely house in Russia.Jean-Marie Thiébaud , A great princely family of Russia, the Galitzines. Genealogy and historical notes , Paris, 1997. Among its members were warlords, lan ...

, one of the leading noble houses of

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The Academic Krilov about Galitzine

scientific academic ship Galitzine
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