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Niels Steno

Niels Steno (1638-1686) brought the habits of an anatomist to questions about the Earth's history. The Danish scholar's...

Danish Historical Paleontology 17TH Century

9.75 Brilliant

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Fred Vine

British marine geologist and geophysicist Fred Vine helped turn seafloor spreading into a theory supported by measurable...

20TH Century Historical British Seafloor Spreading

9.36 Excellent

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Nicholas Shackleton

Nicholas Shackleton was a British geologist and paleoclimatologist who pioneered the use of oxygen isotope analysis in m...

20TH Century Historical British Paleoclimatology

9.34 Excellent

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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

9.06 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

8.85 Great

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James Hall

James Hall was an American paleontologist and geologist who lived from 1811 to 1898. He served as the New York State Pal...

American 19TH Century Historical Paleontology

8.72 Great

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Harold Jeffreys

Sir Harold Jeffreys (1891–1989) was a highly influential British mathematician, statistician, and geophysicist whose wor...

20TH Century Historical British Seismology

8.70 Great

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Edward C. Bullard

Edward Crisp Bullard (1907–1980) was a pioneering British geophysicist who made significant contributions to the underst...

20TH Century Historical British Geophysics

8.70 Great

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Stephen Moorbath

Stephen Moorbath was a British geologist and geochronologist who spent his academic career at Oxford University. He pion...

20TH Century Historical British Geochronology

8.60 Great

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William Daniel Conybeare

William Daniel Conybeare was an English geologist, paleontologist, and Anglican clergyman whose work helped develop the...

18TH Century British Paleontology Stratigraphy

8.37 Great

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Andrew Ramsay

Andrew Crombie Ramsay was a 19th-century Scottish geologist who served as director of the Geological Survey of Great Bri...

19TH Century Historical British Stratigraphy

8.35 Great

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Herbert Harold Read

Herbert Harold Read (1889–1970) was a prominent British geologist and professor who made significant contributions to th...

20TH Century Historical British Metamorphic Petrology

8.31 Great

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Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz was a Swiss-born American geologist whose work fundamentally shaped our understanding of Earth’s history....

Switzerland USA Historical Paleontology

8.23 Great

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William Conybeare

William Daniel Conybeare was a 19th-century British geologist, paleontologist, and clergyman recognized for his foundati...

19TH Century Historical British Paleontology

8.23 Great

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George Poulett Scrope

George Poulett Scrope (1797-1876) was a British geologist and political economist who made significant contributions to...

19TH Century Historical British Volcanology

8.16 Great

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Douglas Erwin

Douglas Erwin is an American paleobiologist and curator at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. He is wid...

American Contemporary Paleontology Cambrian

8.05 Great

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Joseph Beete Jukes

Joseph Beete Jukes was an Irish geologist who served as the director of the Geological Survey of Newfoundland in 1839. H...

19TH Century Historical British Ireland

8.02 Great

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William Buckland

William Buckland was an English theologian, geologist, and paleontologist who served as Dean of Westminster. In 1824, he...

England Historical Paleontology Megalosaurus

7.96 Good

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Adam Sedgwick

Adam Sedgwick was an English geologist, Anglican priest, and long-serving professor of geology at the University of Camb...

Academic England Historical Stratigraphy

7.91 Good

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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

7.75 Good