swap_horiz Alice E. Wilson Alternatives

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Nicolas Steno

Nicolas Steno was a pioneering 17th-century Danish geologist whose work significantly advanced our understanding of Eart...

Pioneer Crystallography Historical Paleontology

9.9 Brilliant

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Niels Steno

Niels Steno (1638–1686) was a Danish anatomist and geologist who established foundational principles of stratigraphy. In...

Danish Historical Paleontology 17TH Century

9.8 Brilliant

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J. Tuzo Wilson

John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993) was a Canadian geophysicist who made significant contributions to the theory of plate tecto...

Canadian 20TH Century Historical Plate Tectonics

9.7 Brilliant

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Harry Hess

Harry Hammond Hess (1906–1969) was an American geologist and a professor at Princeton University. He served as an office...

American 20TH Century Historical Plate Tectonics

9.5 Brilliant

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Victor Moritz Goldschmidt

Victor Moritz Goldschmidt was a Norwegian mineralogist and geologist who is widely regarded as the founder of modern geo...

Norwegian 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

9.5 Brilliant

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Fred Vine

Fred Vine was a British marine geologist and geophysicist who made significant contributions to the modern understanding...

20TH Century Historical British Seafloor Spreading

9.4 Excellent

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J. John Sepkoski Jr.

J. John Sepkoski Jr. (1948-1999) was an American paleontologist whose research used large fossil databases to study the...

American 20TH Century Extinction Paleontology

9.4 Excellent

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Norman Bowen

Norman L. Bowen (1887–1956) was a Canadian geologist whose experimental work established the foundational principles of...

Canadian 20TH Century Historical Igneous Petrology

9.2 Excellent

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Lawrence Morley

Lawrence Morley was a Canadian geophysicist whose 1963 research on marine magnetic anomalies provided foundational evide...

Canadian 20TH Century Historical Seafloor Spreading

9.0 Excellent

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Raymond Cecil Moore

Raymond Cecil Moore was an American geologist and paleontologist who lived from 1892 to 1974. He is best known for found...

American 20TH Century Historical Paleontology

8.9 Great

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Phil Currie

Philip J. Currie is a prominent Canadian paleontologist recognized for his extensive research on theropod dinosaurs, par...

Contemporary Canadian Paleontology Dinosaurs

8.8 Great

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Joseph Tyrrell

Joseph Burr Tyrrell was a Canadian geologist, paleontologist, and explorer associated with the Geological Survey of Cana...

Canadian 19TH Century Paleontology Coal Geology

8.6 Great

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Gerald Middleton

Gerald Middleton (1925–2015) was a Canadian geologist who helped establish sedimentology as a distinct discipline within...

Education Canadian 20TH Century Sedimentology

8.2 Great

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Charles Lapworth

Charles Lapworth was an English geologist who resolved the contentious Ordovician-Silurian boundary dispute in 1879 by d...

Historical Paleontology United Kingdom Stratigraphy

8.1 Great

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Jean-Bernard Caron

Jean-Bernard Caron is a French-Canadian paleontologist and curator at the Royal Ontario Museum, where he also serves as...

Contemporary Canadian Paleontology Cambrian

7.8 Good

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Julia Gardner

Julia Anna Gardner was an influential American geologist and paleontologist who worked extensively with the United State...

American 20TH Century Historical Paleontology

7.7 Good

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Winifred Goldring

Winifred Goldring (1888–1971) was an American paleontologist renowned for her extensive research on the Devonian period'...

American 20TH Century Historical Paleontology

7.6 Good

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John William Dawson

Sir John William Dawson was a prominent 19th-century Canadian geologist, paleontologist, and academic administrator. Ser...

Geology Canadian 19TH Century Historical

7.6 Good

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Peter Sheehan

Peter M. Sheehan (1941–2015) was an American paleontologist and geologist who spent much of his career as a curator at t...

American Contemporary Paleontology Ordovician

7.2 Good

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John Ives

John Ives is a recognized figure in geological and geographical sciences, known for advancing the understanding of regio...

Canadian 20TH Century Arctic Permafrost

6.8 Fair