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2000 Leslie Arthur Sirkin, geologist, dies at 65
1997 Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1964 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 1964 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 1958 Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1953 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83 1945 Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79 1942 Frank D. Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83 1942 Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1940 M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies 1937 Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies 1931 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72 1927 Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies 1921 Peter Kropotkin, Russ Prince/geologist/revolut anarchist, dies at 78 1920 Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist, Waddenzee, Rhone-delta 1916 Frederick Stewart, British geologist 1913 Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist (sapropelium), dies 1910 Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 1908 Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer, British Antarctic Survey 1906 William M. Ewing, U.S. geologist/geophysicist 1904 Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist 1904 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 1903 Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist 1902 John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68 1901 Nils Adolf Erik, Baron Nordenskjold, geologist/explorer, dies 1897 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 1896 C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist, Le Jura plisse 1889 Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist, Yale professor 1884 Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 1883 Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist 1882 Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1879 Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist, Pedestal of Nederlands 1879 Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory 1878 Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1877 Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68 1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 1874 JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 1873 J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist, dies 1870 Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist, nappism 1870 Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist, Dutch boulders 1866 Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist, Vulkankunde 1860 Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness 1859 Frank D. Adams, Canada geologist/educator 1858 Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist 1858 Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist, Thomson's gazelle 1857 Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist, sapropelium 1857 William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies 1857 Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist, Moho discontinuity 1856 William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies 1851 Waldemar Brogger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist, Metamict State 1851 Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist 1851 C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies 1843 Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1842 Clarence King, mining engineer, geologist 1839 Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist, Libya 1835 Archibald Geikie, British geologist 1834 John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist 1829 Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, U.S., geologist, Geograph Survey 1859-86 1819 John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies 1817 Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist 1811 James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York 1811 Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 1808 Winand C H Staring, geologist, Geology of Netherlands 1807 Arnold Henry Guyot, born in Switzerland, U.S. geologist, geographer, and meteorologist 1807 Louis Agassiz, born in Switzerland, naturalist, geologist, and teacher 1799 Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist 1799 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 1798 JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist 1797 Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist, Principles of Geology 1797 James Hutton, geologist, dies 1795 Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age 1785 Adam Sedgwick, British geologist 1770 Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist, Tertiary 1769 William Smith, geologist, Strata Identified by Organized Fossils 1761 James Hall, Scotland, geologist 1748 John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician 1741 Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, Siberia/Krim 1740 Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist 1728 John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies 1726 James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist |
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