Edward Bullard Scientist

Sir Edward "Teddy" Crisp Bullard FRS (21 September 1907 - 3 April 1980) was a geophysicist who is considered, along with Maurice Ewing, to have founded the discipline of marine geophysics. He developed the theory of the geodynamo, pioneered the use of seismology to study the sea floor, measured geothermal heat flow through the ocean crust, and was one of the first to find new evidence for the theory of continental drift.

Personal facts

Birth date	September 21, 1907
Birth place	Norwich
Date of death	April 03, 1980
Place of death	California
Education	University of Cambridge
Known for	Dynamo theory

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Scientist

awards	Hughes Medal Royal Society Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society Vetlesen Prize
doctoral advisor	Patrick Blackett Baron Blackett
doctoral student	Nigel Weiss Harvey S. Gellman Robert Ladislav Parker
Field of study	Geophysics