John Strachey: Quick Facts

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Born	May 10, 1671 • England
Died	June 11, 1743 (aged 72) • Greenwich • England
Notable Works	“Observations on the Different Strata of Earths and Minerals”

Smith, William

William Smith

British geologist

Conybeare, William Daniel

William Daniel Conybeare

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

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Amanz Gressly

Swiss 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

Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

British naturalist

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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John Michell

British geologist and astronomer

Beche, Sir Henry Thomas De La

Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche

British geologist

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Charles William Peach

English naturalist and geologist

Fuchs, Vivian Ernest

Vivian Fuchs

British explorer and geologist

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Henry Clifton Sorby

British geologist

William Buckland

William Buckland

British geologist

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

Everything Earth

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

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