About John Blume
Lived 1909 – 2002 (aged 92). John Blume was an American civil engineer.
John Augustus Blume (April 8, 1909 – March 1, 2002) was an American structural engineer born in Gonzales, California. He first decided he wanted to study earthquake engineering when he witnessed the Santa Barbara earthquake of 1925. In 1929, he went to Stanford University, where he later received his A.B.degree, his graduate degree of engineer and his doctorate.
Blume's career included major contributions to dynamic theory, soil structure interactions, and the inelastic behavior of structures, earning him the title of the “Father of Earthquake Engineering.” Blume died at the age of 92 at his Hillsborough, California home on March 1, 2002. John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering Center John A. Blume provided funding to found the John A. Blume Earthquake Engineering center at Stanford University, which began operations in 1975.
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Who was John Blume?
American engineer (1909-2002)
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John Blume was born on 8 April 1909.
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John Blume died on 1 March 2002.
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John Blume was a civil engineer.
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