A recent biography of the most famous seismologist in history, Charles Richter, reveals that he was an avid nudist. Richter, who invented the earthquake intensity scale used since 1935, was a member of one of only three nudist clubs at the time in America, according to Susan Elisabeth Hough, in her book “Richter’s Scale: Measure of an Earthquake, Measure of a Man” [Princeton University Press, 2007].
Hough, a one time student of the scientist, details how Richter, at the urging of his wife, Lilian Brand, joined the “Elysia” nudist community. His passion for nudism was thus launched, although this was not something he made public, for those were very puritanical times in the United States.
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