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1809-1882, naturalist; geologist; originator of the theory of natural selection, British

Charles Darwin

1809 - 1882
1829-1904, geologist; astronomer, British; Welsh

Isaac Roberts

1829 - 1904
1850-1913, geologist and seismologist, English; British

John Milne

1850 - 1913
1824-1884, geologist, brass-founder, English, British

Alfred Tylor

1824 - 1884
1784-1856, geologist; dean of Westminster, British; English

William Buckland

1784 - 1856
1790-1852, surgeon; geologist, English; British

Gideon Mantell

1790 - 1852
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553
1832-1901, botanist; geologist; mineralogist; arctic explorer, Finnish

Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskiold

1832 - 1901
active 1786-1830s, geologist & scientific lecturer, Scottish; British

William Nicol

1771 - 1851
1774-1853, geologist; paleontologist, geographer; vulcanologist, German

Christian Leopold Freiherr von Buch

1774 - 1853
1817-1895, naturalist; geologist; physiologist, German

Carl Christoph Vogt

1817 - 1895
1849-1924, physician; geologist, British

William Mansell MacCulloch

1849 - 1924
1903-1998, geologist; explorer; mountaineer, British; English

Albert Everard Gunther

1903 - 1998
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
1807-1873, naturalist; biologist; palaeontologist; glaciologist; geologist, Swiss-born; American

Louis Agassiz

1807 - 1873
1806-1863, naturalist; geologist; author; teacher, French

Neree Boubee

1806 - 1863
1769-1839, geologist; civil engineer, British

William Smith

1769 - 1839
1797-1875, geologist, British

Charles Lyell

1797 - 1875
1800-1874, geologist; curator, British

John Phillips

1800 - 1874
1814-1880, geologist, British

David Thomas Ansted

1814 - 1880
1748-1819, mathematician; geologist, British; Scottish

John Playfair

1748 - 1819
1775-1851, physician; chemist; geologist, English; British

John Kidd

1775 - 1851
1867-1949, Director of the 1917 Geological Survey of Egypt, British

William Fraser Hume

1867 - 1949
1864-1944, geologist; museum director, British; English

Henry George Lyons

1864 - 1944
1787-1845, chemist; geologist, Swedish

Nils Gabriel Seftstrom

1787 - 1845
1792-1871, baronet; geologist; geographer, Scottish; British

Roderick Impey Murchison

1792 - 1871
1638-1686, pioneer in anatomy and geology, Danish

Nicolaus Steno

1638 - 1686
1778-1855, geologist, British; English

George Bellas Greenough

1778 - 1855
1785-1873, geologist, English; British

Adam Sedgwick

1785 - 1873
1823-1908, archaeologist; geologist; businessman, British

John Evans

1823 - 1908
1741-1819, geologist; sponsor, French

Barthélémy Faujas-de-Saint-Fond

1741 - 1819
1869-1928, geologist; explorer, Swedish

Otto Nils Gustaf Nordenskjöld

1869 - 1928
1820-1886, geologist; professor, French

Alexandre-Émile Béguyer de

1820 - 1886
active 1894, geologist; mining engineer; inventor, Canadian

David W Brunton