swap_horiz William Edmond Logan Alternatives

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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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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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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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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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Lawrence Morley

Lawrence Morley was a Canadian geophysicist whose 1963 research on marine magnetic anomalies provided foundational evide...

Canadian 20TH Century Historical Seafloor Spreading

9.0 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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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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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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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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Andrew D. Miall

Andrew D. Miall is a Canadian geologist and sedimentologist whose work focuses on how rivers and other flowing-water sys...

Canadian 21ST Century Sedimentology Basin Analysis

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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Joachim Barrande

Joachim Barrande was a French geologist and paleontologist who carried out most of his major research in Bohemia, then p...

French 19TH Century Paleontology Trilobites

8.6 Great

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George Julius Poulett Scrope

George Julius Poulett Scrope was an English geologist and politician whose work helped advance the study of volcanoes an...

19TH Century British Volcanology Magmatism

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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William Barton Rogers

William Barton Rogers (1804-1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and educator. He taught at the College of Willia...

American Geology 19TH Century Mit Founder

8.2 Great

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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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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