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Henry Clifton Sorby: Quick Facts

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Born May 10, 1826 • England
Died March 9, 1908 (aged 81) • Sheffield • England
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German geologist
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Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Rosenbusch
German geologist
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Auguste Michel-Lévy
French petrologist
Johan Vogt
Johan Herman Lie Vogt
Norwegian geologist
Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist
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Arie Poldervaart
American geologist and petrologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Adam Sedgwick, engraving, 1875
Adam Sedgwick
British geologist
Scrope, George Julius Poulett
George Julius Poulett Scrope
British geologist
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William Lonsdale
British geologist
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Beche, Sir Henry Thomas De La
Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche
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Fuchs, Vivian Ernest
Vivian Fuchs
British explorer and geologist
William Buckland
William Buckland
British geologist
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Charles Lapworth
British geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
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Ralph A. Bagnold
British geologist
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John Jeremiah Bigsby
British geologist

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