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Born May 28, 1861 • Thurso • Scotland
Died April 5, 1950 (aged 88) • East Grinstead • England
Notable Works “The Realm of Nature”
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
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William Morris Davis
American geographer
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
Halford Mackinder
Halford Mackinder
British political geographer
Forecasting D-Day
James Martin Stagg
British meteorologist
John Frederic Daniell, undated engraving
John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
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Jean André Deluc
Swiss-British geologist and meteorologist
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David Thompson
English explorer
Alexander Buchan
Alexander Buchan
British meteorologist
James Rennell
James Rennell
British geographer
Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill
Aaron Arrowsmith
British geographer and cartographer
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William Henry Dines
British meteorologist
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George James Symons
British meteorologist
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Sir Napier Shaw
British meteorologist
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Douglas Freshfield
British explorer
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Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer

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