swap_horiz William Hillebrand 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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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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Alexander Fersman

Alexander Evgenievich Fersman (1883–1945) was a Russian and Soviet mineralogist and geochemist who helped develop geoche...

Russian 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

8.7 Great

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George Tilton

George Tilton was an American geochemist who co-developed the uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronology technique in the 1950s....

American 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

8.7 Great

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Paul Gast

Paul Gast was a prominent American geochemist known for his pioneering research in isotope geology. Working at Columbia...

American 20TH Century Historical Geochemistry

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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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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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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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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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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Israel Cook Russell

Israel Cook Russell (1852–1906) was an American geologist and geographer who worked extensively with the United States G...

American 19TH Century Historical Glaciology

7.7 Good

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George Perkins Merrill

George Perkins Merrill was an American geologist who served as the head curator of the Department of Geology at the Unit...

American 19TH Century Historical Meteorites

7.7 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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Frank Taylor

Frank Bursley Taylor (1860–1938) was an American geologist best known for independently proposing a theory of continenta...

American 19TH Century Historical Continental Drift

7.6 Good

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Frederick Augustus Genth

Frederick Augustus Genth (1820-1893) was a German-American chemist and mineralogist who made significant contributions t...

Analysis American 19TH Century Historical

7.6 Good

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Esper Larsen

Esper Larsen Jr. was an American petrologist and geologist prominent in the early 20th century, affiliated with the Univ...

American 20TH Century Historical Mineralogy

7.5 Good

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George Frederick Kunz

George Frederick Kunz was an American mineralogist and gemologist who served as a vice president and chief gemologist fo...

American 19TH Century Gemology Historical

7.4 Good