William Bowie: Quick Facts


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Born May 6, 1872 • Maryland
Died August 28, 1940 (aged 68) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Subjects Of Study isostasy

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John Fillmore Hayford
American engineer and geodesist
Dutton, Clarence Edward
Clarence Edward Dutton
American geologist
Engraving portrait of Carl Friedrich Gauss wearing a cap and formal 19th-century clothing, with detailed shading around his face and upper body.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
German astronomer
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Adrien-Marie Legendre
French mathematician
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Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet
British mathematician and physicist
Boscovich, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist; in Dubrovnik Cloister, Croatia
Ruggero Giuseppe Boscovich
Italian astronomer and mathematician
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Jean Richer
French astronomer
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Sir George Everest
British geodesist
Edward Sabine
Edward Sabine
British astronomer
Clarke, Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross Clarke
British geodesist
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Jean-Charles de Borda
French mathematician and nautical astronomer
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George Dollond
British optician
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Dominique, comte de Cassini
French surveyor and astronomer
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Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
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Eazy-E
American musician
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Townes Van Zandt
American musician
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Clark Howell
American journalist
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Hunt, Nelson Bunker
American oil tycoon