List of geologists

A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology.

Related Topics:
Science - Geology

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The following is a list of famous geologists

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• Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806-1886), German
• Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-American naturalist and geologist, work on ice ages, glaciers
• Walter Alvarez (b. 1940), USA
• Clarence Edward Dutton, American geologist, author of "Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District"
• Mary Anning (1799-1847), England
• Adolphe d'Archiac (1802-1868), France
• Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795), Italian, first classification of geological time.
• Etheldred Benett, {1776-1845), England
• Pierre Berthier, French geologist, discovered the properties of Bauxite.
• Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), Canada
• John C. Branner (1782-1861), USA
• J. Harlen Bretz (1882-1981), USA
• George V. Chilingar, renowned American petroleum geologist
• William Branwhite Clarke (1798-1878), England
• William Conybeare (1787-1857), England
• James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), USA
• Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist.
• George Mercer Dawson (1849-1901), Canada
• John William Dawson (1820-1899), Canada
• Arthur L. Day (1869-1960), USA
• Henry De la Beche (1796-1855), England
• Nicolas Desmarest (1725-1815), France
• Robert Dietz
• Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont (1798-1874), France
• Barthélemy Faujas de Saint-Fond (1741-1819), France
• Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canada
• Alexander Henry Green (1832-1896), England
• Julius von Haast (1824-1887), Germany
• Sir James Hall (1761-1832), British geologist, did research on molten rock
• W. Brian Harland (1917 - 2003), England
• Harry Hess (1906-1969), USA
• Arthur Holmes (1890-1965), England
• M. King Hubbert (1903-1989), USA
• James Hutton (1726-1797), Scottish geologist, father of modern geology
• Daniel G. Krige inventor of kriging.
• Joseph LeConte (1823 - 1901), USA
• William Edmond Logan (1798-1875), Canada
• Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), British geologist and naturalist.
• William Maclure (1763-1840), USA
• Floyd Warren McCoy, Jr
• Dan McKenzie
• Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839), Germany
• W. Jason Morgan
• Roderick Murchison
• Joseph Pardee
• R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863-1931), Canada
• John Phillips (1800-1874)
• Ferdinand_Baron_Von_Richthofen 1833-1905
• Charles Richter
• Harrison Schmitt, Apollo_17, moonwalker.
• Adam Sedgwick
• William Smith, father of English Geology.
• Nicolas Steno : (1638-1686), pioneer in early-modern geology.
• Eduard Suess
• Otto Martin Torell
• Alfred Wegener
• Josiah Whitney (1819-1896), chief of the California Geological Survey.
• John Williamson (1907-1958), founder of the Williamson diamond mine.
• V.V. Beloussov
• J. Tuzo Wilson
• Harry M. Woodward (c.1938), did work with respect to the Old Faithful Geyser.
• Nikolai Kudryavtsev
• Hollis Hedberg
• Eugene Merle Shoemaker
• Emiliano Mutti

Newton Horace Winchell 1839-1914 USA

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• Peter Szatmari