Boris Borisovich Galitzine

Boris Borisovich Galitzine.

Galitzin seismograph. Exhibit in the National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, Japan.

Prince Boris Borisovich Galitzine (March 2 [O.S. February 18] 1862 in St. Petersburg – May 17 [O.S. May 4] 1916 near Petrograd) was a prominent Russian physicist who invented the first electromagnetic seismograph in 1906. He was one of the founders of modern Seismology. In 1911 he was chosen to be the president of the International Sesmiology Association. He belonged to the Galitzine family, one of the leading noble houses of Imperial Russia.

References

• The Academic Krilov about Galitzine (Russian)
• scientific academic ship Galitzine (Russian)