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Richard Dixon Oldham Summary |
 | | Oldham was born in Ireland in 1858, and his father, who was a well-known geologist and professor at Trinity College in Dublin, encouraged Oldham's interest in geology. |
 | | Oldham was educated in England, first at Rugby and later at the Royal School of Mines. |
 | | Richard Dixon Oldham (July 31, 1858 – July 15, 1936) was a British geologist who, in 1906, argued that the Earth must have a molten interior as S waves were not able to travel through liquids nor through the Earth's interior. |
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