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Born July 17, 1814 • Switzerland
Died April 13, 1865 (aged 50) • Bern • Switzerland
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William Smith
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Penck, Albrecht
Albrecht Penck
geographer
Amadeus William Grabau
American geologist
Henri-François-Émile Termier
French geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
Georg Christian Füchsel
German geologist
Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux
French geologist
Albert Oppel
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John Strachey
British geologist
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Maurice Lugeon
Swiss geologist
Jean André Deluc
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Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
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Horace Bénédict de Saussure
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Albert Heim
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François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
William Maclure
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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Alexander von Humboldt
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Cross section of Earth showing the core, mantle, and crust
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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science