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Born November 1, 1828 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died December 19, 1887 (aged 59) • Drogheda • Ireland
Subjects Of Study geomagnetic field • heat • radiant energy
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Croatian geophysicist
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Stanley Keith Runcorn
British geophysicist
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Sydney Chapman
British mathematician and physicist
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Sir Edward Bullard
British geophysicist
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
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British physicist and meteorologist
Leslie, Sir John
Sir John Leslie
Scottish physicist and mathematician
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Conrad Schlumberger
German geophysicist
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Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
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Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist
Henry Cavendish
Henry Cavendish
British physicist
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac, engraving by Ambroise Tardieu.
Joseph-Louis Gay-Lussac
French scientist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
A.A. Michelson.
A.A. Michelson
German-born American physicist
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Wladimir Köppen
German climatologist
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Tetsuya Fujita
Japanese-American meteorologist

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