John Jeremiah Bigsby: Quick Facts

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Born	August 14, 1792 • Nottingham • England
Died	February 10, 1881 (aged 88) • London • England
Subjects Of Study	Canada • United States • geology

Raphael W. Pumpelly.

Raphael W. Pumpelly

American geologist

Dorothea Dix

Dorothea Dix

American social reformer

Sir Samuel Cunard, lithograph.

Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet

British merchant

Hill, James Jerome

James J. Hill

American financier

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Amos Eaton

American botanist, geologist, and lawyer

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François-Emile Matthes

American geologist

King, Clarence

Clarence King

American geologist

Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

American geologist

Becker, George Ferdinand

George Ferdinand Becker

American geologist

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Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden

American geologist

Dutton, Clarence Edward

Clarence Edward Dutton

American geologist

Guyot, Arnold Henry

Arnold Henry Guyot

American geologist

Harrison Schmitt

Harrison Schmitt

American astronaut and politician

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Florence Bascom

American educator and scientist

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Joseph Paxson Iddings

American geologist

Portrait painting of Thomas Paine by John Wesley Jarvis, showing Paine with graying hair, a white cravat, and dark coat against a plain brown background.

Thomas Paine

British-American author

Shakers dancing

Ann Lee

American religious leader

Anna Howard Shaw.

Anna Howard Shaw

American minister

Samuel Gompers

Samuel Gompers

American labor leader

Asbury, Francis

Francis Asbury

American clergyman

Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.

Faces of Science

Cross section of Earth showing the core, mantle, and crust

Everything Earth