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Sir Richard John Griffith, 1st Baronet: Quick Facts

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Born September 20, 1784 • Dublin • Ireland
Died September 22, 1878 (aged 94) • Dublin • Ireland
Subjects Of Study Carboniferous Period • fossil
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William Maclure
American geologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
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Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
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Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée
French geochemist
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
ameghino, florentino
Florentino Ameghino
Argentine anthropologist
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Jean-Baptiste-Julien d’ Omalius d’Halloy
Belgian geologist
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William Lonsdale
British geologist
Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
American geologist
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas De La
Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche
British geologist
Logan, Sir William Edmond
Sir William Edmond Logan
Welsh-Canadian geologist
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Charles William Peach
English naturalist and geologist
Lindgren, Waldemar
Waldemar Lindgren
American geologist
Raphael W. Pumpelly.
Raphael W. Pumpelly
American geologist
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Joachim Barrande
French geologist

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