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
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
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, Switzerland, U.S. geologist/geographer/meteorologist
1807 Louis Agassiz, Switzerland, naturalist/geologist/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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