List of Geophysicists - F

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  • Joseph Charles Farman (British, 1930–) – co-discoverer of the ozone hole
  • Osmond Fisher (British, 1817–1914) – continental drift
  • James David Forbes (British, 1809–1868) – Built the first seismometer
  • Scott Forbush (American, 1904–) – Solar-terrestrial interactions and the Forbush decrease
  • Robert Were Fox the Younger (British, 1789–1877) – Discovered the geothermal gradient; constructed a dip circle for use at sea
  • Benjamin Franklin (American, 1706–1790) – Established that lightning is electrical

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