Richard O. Currey, the first person with an earned doctorate to teach science at what is now the University of Tennessee, was a prolific author, an innovative educator, and a newsworthy minister. A Nas...

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State Geologist. Born in Holland. Moved to Philadelphia, 1811. Moved to Tenn., 1827. Professor at University of Nashville, 1828-1850. Gerard Troost (March 5, 1776 – August 14, 1850) was an Ameri...

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Alexander Murray was born in Crieff, Scotland, the son of Anthony and Helen (Fletcher-Bower) Murray. He worked in Britain and Canada, before coming to Newfoundland in 1864 to become the first directo...

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Roy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History. He is primarily known fo...

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Alexander Logie du Toit FRS (14 March 1878 – 25 February 1948) was a South African geologist - an early supporter of Alfred Wegener's theory of continental drift. the most important geologist in the ...

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Abraham Pineo Gesner (1797 - 1864) , physician and surgeon, geologist, and inventor; , third son of Colonel Henry Gesner and Sarah Pineo. Canadian physician and geologist who invented kerosene. Altho...

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William Bennett Webster Doctor, geologist, and politican; b. 18 Jan. 1798 at Kentville, N.S., eldest of three sons of Dr Isaac Webster and Prudence Bentley; m. on 11 Sept. 1826 Wilhelmina Moore, an...

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BAIN, Andrew Geddes; p. Independent; r. Captain of levies in the Sixth Kaffir War, 1834. As an explorer he penetrated as far as the Molopo River. Road engineer who constructed the Queen's Road, the Kat...

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Mary Anning (21 May 1799 – 9 March 1847) was a British fossil collector, dealer, and paleontologist who became known around the world for a number of important finds she made in the Jurassic marine f...

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Wikipedia Biographical Summary " William John Hamilton , FRS (5 July 1805 – 27 June 1867) was an English geologist born in Wishaw, Lanarkshire... ...He was the son of William Richard Hamilton (1777...

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Charles Lyell Born: 14-Nov-1797 Birthplace: Kinnordy, Forfarshire, Scotland Died: 22-Feb-1875 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Westminster Abb...

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