| Authorised form of name | Lehmann; Inge (1888 - 1993) |
| Dates | 1888 - 1993 |
| Date of birth | 13 May 1888 |
| Date of death | 21/02/1993 |
| Research field | Geophysics |
| Activity | Career:
Worked in Copenhagen. Danish seismologist who, in 1936, argued that the Earth must not only have a molten interior, but a solid core at the centre, which deflects P waves. She also wrote a book called P, which dealt with P waves and other aspects of seismography. She was awarded the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat twice, in 1938 and 1967. She is the only woman ever to be awarded the Bowie Medal of the American Geophysical Union, in 1971. Professor Francis Birch noted then that the 'Lehmann discontinuity was discovered through exacting scrutiny of seismic records by a master of a black art for which no amount of computerization is likely to be a complete substitute...'
In 1997 the American Geophysical Union established the Inge Lehmann Medal to honor 'outstanding contributions to the understanding of the structure, composition, and dynamics of the Earth's mantle and core.'
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 24/04/1969 |
| Source | Obituaries:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 1997 vol 43 pp 285-301, plate, by Bruce A Bolt |
| Code | NA5258 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1969/34 | Lehmann, Inge: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |