swap_horiz Jean-Bernard Caron 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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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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Samuel Bowring

Samuel Bowring was an American geologist who served as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He spec...

American Contemporary Precambrian Geochronology

9.1 Excellent

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Paul Hoffman

Paul Hoffman is a Canadian geologist, born in 1941, who served as a professor at Harvard University after earlier work w...

Contemporary Canadian Precambrian Tectonics

8.8 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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Harry Whittington

Harry Blackmore Whittington (1916–2010) was a prominent British paleontologist at the University of Cambridge. From the...

Historical British Paleontology Cambrian

8.7 Great

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John Horner

John Horner is an American paleontologist who served as the curator of paleontology at the Museum of the Rockies in Boze...

American Contemporary Montana Paleontology

8.6 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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Philip Currie

Philip J. Currie is a Canadian paleontologist born in 1949, known for his extensive fieldwork and discoveries in Alberta...

Contemporary Canadian Theropods Dinosaur Paleontology

8.4 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

8.1 Great

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Alice E. Wilson

Alice Evelyn Wilson (1881-1964) was a Canadian geologist and paleontologist associated with the Geological Survey of Can...

Canadian 20TH Century Paleontology Ordovician

8.0 Great

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Nicholas Butterfield

Nicholas Butterfield is a paleontologist based at the University of Cambridge whose research focuses on the fossil recor...

Contemporary Paleontology British Canadian Precambrian

7.8 Good

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Brendan Murphy

Brendan Murphy is a Canadian geologist and professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. He specializes in...

Contemporary Canadian Paleozoic Tectonics

7.8 Good

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Jan Zalasiewicz

Jan Zalasiewicz is a British geologist, palaeontologist, and professor at the University of Leicester. He is best known...

Contemporary British Paleontology Stratigraphy

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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David Bottjer

David Bottjer is an American paleontologist and geologist holding a faculty position at the University of Southern Calif...

American Contemporary Marine Paleontology

7.4 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