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Born July 17, 1814 • Switzerland
Died April 13, 1865 (aged 50) • Bern • Switzerland
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
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Johann Gottlob Lehmann
German geologist
Penck, Albrecht
Albrecht Penck
geographer
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Amadeus William Grabau
American geologist
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Henri-François-Émile Termier
French geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
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Georg Christian Füchsel
German geologist
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Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux
French geologist
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Albert Oppel
German geologist and paleontologist
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John Strachey
British geologist
Lugeon
Maurice Lugeon
Swiss geologist
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Jean André Deluc
Swiss-British geologist and meteorologist
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
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Horace Bénédict de Saussure
Swiss physicist
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Albert Heim
Swiss geologist
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Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
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William Maclure
American geologist
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François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist

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