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Lydik Siegumfeldt Jacobsen
Pages 133-138

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... Lydik Jacobsen was born June 17, 1897, in Nyborg, Denmark, where his father owned a steam-powered flour mill. After completing the Danish equivalent of an American high school education, Lydik worked in various flour mills and at a fish hatchery, where he enjoyed manual labor.
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... The combination of the 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake, Dr. Willis' aid and encouragement, and the opportunity to apply his knowledge of vibration from physics and mechanical engineering all contributed toward developing Dr.
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... He was a pioneer in earthquake dynamics, but he was also a mechanical engineer, a mathematician, and a physicist who attempted to explain new and complex building dynamics to structural engineers, architects, and public officials. The work was made more difficult with waning public interest in such matters shortly after each damaging earthquake.
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... , of Menlo Park; two sons, Erland, of Fresno, and Ian, of Honolulu; and a daughter, Ellen Yazar, of Ankara, Turkey. His brother, Theodor, a retired professor of astronomy, lives in Seattle; a sister, Ingrid Wilson lives in Los Angeles; and two sisters, Kirsten Gregersen and Lisse Lindman, live in Santa Barbara.
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