John Blume, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetJohn Blume
American engineer
Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1909
Date of Death: 01-Mar-2002
Profession: civil engineer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About John Blume
- 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.
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