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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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Victor Goldschmidt

Victor Goldschmidt was a Norwegian geologist whose work fundamentally shaped geochemistry. He pioneered the study of ele...

Pioneer Crystallography Historical Norway

9.5 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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George Agricola

Georgius Agricola (1494–1555) was a German scholar, physician, and metallurgist whose works established the foundations...

German Historical 16TH Century Mineralogy

9.4 Excellent

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James Dwight Dana

James Dwight Dana (1813-1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist who made significant contributions...

American 19TH Century Historical Mineralogy

9.4 Excellent

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John Ostrom

John Ostrom (1928–2005) was an American paleontologist whose work fundamentally altered modern paleontology and evolutio...

American 20TH Century Historical Theropods

9.3 Excellent

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Charles Richter

Charles Francis Richter was an American seismologist and physicist who spent most of his career at the California Instit...

American 20TH Century Historical Seismology

9.3 Excellent

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Harlen Bretz

Harlen Bretz was an American geologist whose fieldwork in the early 20th century led to a radical theory about the forma...

American 20TH Century Historical Geomorphology

9.3 Excellent

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Don Anderson

Don L. Anderson was an American geophysicist and seismologist who served as a professor at the California Institute of T...

American 20TH Century Historical Geophysics

9.2 Excellent

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René Just Haüy

René Just Haüy (1743–1822) was a French mineralogist whose work laid the foundation for modern crystallography. He disco...

18TH Century French Crystallography Historical

9.2 Excellent

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Edward Salisbury Dana

Edward Salisbury Dana was an American mineralogist, crystallographer, and professor at Yale University during the late 1...

American 19TH Century Crystallography Historical

8.4 Great

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Frank Wigglesworth Clarke

Frank Wigglesworth Clarke (1847–1931) was an American chemist and geologist widely recognized as a founder of the field...

American 19TH Century Historical Geochemistry

8.3 Great

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Benjamin Silliman

Benjamin Silliman was an American chemist and geologist associated with Yale College and with the early professional dev...

18TH Century American Mineralogy Founder Ajscience

8.2 Great

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William Hillebrand

William F. Hillebrand (1853–1925) was an American geologist and chemist who worked for the United States Geological Surv...

American 19TH Century Historical Geochemistry

8.0 Great

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Josiah Dwight Whitney

Josiah Dwight Whitney (1819–1896) was an American geologist who led the California Geological Survey from 1860 to 1874,...

American 19TH Century California Historical

7.8 Good

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George Perkins Merrill

George Perkins Merrill was an American geologist who served as the head curator of the Department of Geology at the Unit...

American 19TH Century Historical Meteorites

7.7 Good

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Frederick Augustus Genth

Frederick Augustus Genth (1820-1893) was a German-American chemist and mineralogist who made significant contributions t...

Analysis American 19TH Century Historical

7.6 Good

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Esper Larsen

Esper Larsen Jr. was an American petrologist and geologist prominent in the early 20th century, affiliated with the Univ...

American 20TH Century Historical Mineralogy

7.5 Good

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George Frederick Kunz

George Frederick Kunz was an American mineralogist and gemologist who served as a vice president and chief gemologist fo...

American 19TH Century Gemology Historical

7.4 Good

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Esper Larsen Jr.

Esper Larsen Jr. was an American mineralogist and petrologist who lived from 1879 to 1961. He was affiliated with Harvar...

American 20TH Century Historical Mineralogy

7.2 Good