hiː hæd ɪnˈɪʃəli hˈoʊpt tə bɪkˌʌm ɐ pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv θiəɹˈɛɾɪkəl fˈɪzɪks bˌʌt wʌz ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli ɪnvˈaɪɾᵻd baɪ klˈaɪn tə fˈaʊnd ðə wˈɜːldz fˈɜːst ˈɪnstɪtˌuːt ʌv dʒˌiːoʊfˈɪzɪks, bᵻkˈʌmɪŋ ðə wˈɜːldz fˈɜːst pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ʌv dʒˌiːoʊfˈɪzɪks ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt.
He had initially hoped to become a Professor of theoretical physics but was eventually invited by Klein to found the world's first Institute of Geophysics, becoming the world's first Professor of Geophysics in 1898.