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Francis Anthony Dahlen

American seismologist

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ3081283 ↗
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Francis Anthony Dahlen (1942-June 3, 2007) was an American theoretical geophysicist. He was co-author of Theoretical global seismology. He won an Inge Lehmann Medal in 2003.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Francis Anthony Dahlen” as american seismologist. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1942, 2007, 2003—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1942-12-05, 1942—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. The account is most persuasive where Francis, Anthony and Dahlen can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as american seismologist. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3081283. VIAF identifies the subject as 9157359. The Library of Congress control number is n98023116. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1942, 2007 and 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “Francis Anthony Dahlen” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.