swap_horiz William Barton Rogers Alternatives

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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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Eunice Newton Foote

Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist whose 1856 experiments examined how gases respond to solar heating. Using...

American 19TH Century Paleoclimatology Greenhouse Effect

8.9 Great

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William Edmond Logan

William Edmond Logan was a Canadian-born geologist who founded the Geological Survey of Canada in 1842 and became its fi...

Geology Canadian 19TH Century Gsc Founder

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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Clarence Edward Dutton

Clarence Edward Dutton (1841–1912) was an American geologist and U.S. Army officer who served with the United States Geo...

American 19TH Century Historical Geomorphology

8.7 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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Tannatt William Edgeworth David

Tannatt William Edgeworth David was a Welsh-Australian geologist who investigated the geology of New South Wales, includ...

Geology 19TH Century Antarctic Exploration British Australian

8.5 Great

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Joseph Paxson Iddings

Joseph Paxson Iddings was an American geologist known for research in igneous petrology and volcanic rocks. In 1902 he h...

American 19TH Century Igneous Petrology Volcanology

8.5 Great

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John Muir

John Muir was a Scottish-American naturalist, author, and environmental advocate whose work was instrumental in the pres...

American Naturalist 19TH Century Historical

8.4 Great

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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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Whitman Cross

Whitman Cross was an American geologist and petrologist whose work focused on the composition and classification of igne...

American 19TH Century Igneous Petrology Rock Classification

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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Clarence King

Clarence King (1842–1901) was an American geologist, mountaineer, and author who played a foundational role in the devel...

American 19TH Century Historical Usgs

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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Louis V. Pirsson

Louis V. Pirsson (1860-1919) was an American geologist and petrologist who taught at Yale University's Sheffield Scienti...

American 19TH Century Mineralogy Igneous Petrology

8.1 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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Raphael Pumpelly

Raphael Pumpelly was an American geologist and explorer whose nineteenth-century career connected geological fieldwork w...

Exploration American 19TH Century Mining Geology

7.9 Good

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Amos Eaton

Amos Eaton was an American botanist, geologist, and educator whose work helped promote practical scientific instruction...

18TH Century American Geology Rit Founder

7.9 Good

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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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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