Charles Francis Richter Professions : Seismologist Born : April 26, 1900 Died : September 30, 1985 Browse All Authors Top 41 quotes by Charles Francis Richter What emerged, of course, was that the magnitude scale presupposed that all earthquakes were alike except for a constant scaling factor. And this proved to be closer to the truth than we expected. Charles Francis Richter except than truth earthquakes Similar Authors Inge Lehmann seismologist All Authors