Andrija Mohorovičić  From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump
to: navigation, search Andrija Mohorovičić ภาพถ่ายของAndria
Mohorovicic.gif Portrait of Andrija Mohorovičić Born 23 January
1857 Volosko near Opatija, Croatia Died December 18,
1936(1936-12-18) (aged 79) Zagreb, Yugoslavia Ethnicity Croat
Known for eponym for the Mohorovičić discontinuity  Andrija
Mohorovičić (Croatian pronunciation: [ǎndrija moxorǒʋitʃitɕ])
(23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian
meteorologist and seismologist. He is best known for the
eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered a founder
of modern seismology.[1][2]  Early years[edit]  The house in
Volosko where Mohorovičić was born.  Mohorovičić was born in
Volosko, Opatija, where his father (also named Andrija), was a
blacksmith, making anchors. The younger Andrija also loved the
sea and married a captain's daughter, Silvija Vernić. They had
four sons.  Mohorovičić obtained his elementary education in his
home town, then continued at the gymnasium of neig