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Hugo Benioff
Victor Hugo Benioff (September 14, 1899 – February 29, 1968) was an American seismologist and a professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is best remembered for his work in charting the location of deep earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean.
Benioff was born in Los Angeles. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Kiev, Russia and his mother a Lutheran from Sweden, After graduating from Pomona College in 1921, Benioff began his career with the idea of being an astronomer and worked for a time
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- Von Klitzing constant – Klaus von Klitzing
- Von Neumann ordinal, von Neumann architecture – John von Neumann
- Von Restorff effect – Hedwig von Restorff
- Von Zeipel theorem – Edvard Hugo von Zeipel
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- Wadati–Benioff zone (a.k.a. Benioff zone) – Kiyoo Wadati and Hugo Benioff
- Wahlund effect – Sten Gösta William Wahlund
- Wallace's line – Alfred Russel Wallace
- Walras's law – Léon Walras
- Wannier function, orbital – Gregory Wannier
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