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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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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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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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Henry Clifton Sorby

Henry Clifton Sorby (1826-1908) was an English geologist and microscopist whose work connected geological observation wi...

19TH Century British Microscopy Petrology

9.3 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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Alcide d'Orbigny

Alcide d'Orbigny was a French naturalist and paleontologist whose work on foraminifera helped establish micropaleontolog...

French 19TH Century Paleontology Stratigraphy

8.9 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

8.7 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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Auguste Daubrée

Auguste Daubrée was a French geologist who helped develop experimental approaches to geology during the nineteenth centu...

French Geology 19TH Century Experimental Geology

8.6 Great

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Marcel Bertrand

Marcel Bertrand (1847–1907) was a French geologist whose work fundamentally advanced the understanding of mountain build...

French 19TH Century Historical Tectonics

8.4 Great

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Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon

Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon was a Scottish geologist and paleontologist whose principal field research concerned the st...

19TH Century Paleontology Scottish Fossil Corals

8.3 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

8.2 Great

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Edward Hitchcock

Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was an American geologist, professor of natural history at Amherst College, and later its p...

American 19TH Century Paleontology Dinosaur Tracks

8.2 Great

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John Strong Newberry

John Strong Newberry (1822–1892) was an American geologist, physician, and explorer who made significant contributions t...

American 19TH Century Historical Paleontology

7.8 Good

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Fielding Bradford Meek

Fielding Bradford Meek was an American geologist and paleontologist recognized for his significant contributions to inve...

American 19TH Century Historical Paleontology

7.7 Good

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Léonce Élie de Beaumont

Léonce Élie de Beaumont was a prominent 19th-century French geologist who served as the permanent secretary of the Frenc...

French 19TH Century Historical Tectonics

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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Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Nathaniel Southgate Shaler was an American geologist, paleontologist, and educator whose career was closely associated w...

American 19TH Century Paleontology Glaciology

7.0 Good

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Alexander Winchell

Alexander Winchell was an American geologist and educator who lived from 1824 to 1891. He taught at the University of Mi...

American Geology 19TH Century Paleontology

6.4 Fair