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Born July 10, 1870 • Poissy • France
Died October 23, 1953 (aged 83) • Lausanne • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study Alps • geology

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Pierre-Marie Termier
French geologist
Jean André Deluc
Swiss-British geologist and meteorologist
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
Amanz Gressly
Swiss geologist
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Swiss physicist
Albert Heim
Swiss geologist
William Maclure
American geologist
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
James Hutton
James Hutton
Scottish geologist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill
Australian geologist

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