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Born April 12, 1849 • Zürich • Switzerland
Died August 31, 1937 (aged 88) • Zürich • Switzerland
Subjects Of Study Switzerland • geology • glaciation • orogeny
Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
James Hall
American geologist
Pallas, engraved portrait
Peter Simon Pallas
German naturalist
Henry Darwin Rogers
American geologist
Marcel-Alexandre Bertrand
French geologist
Walter Herman Bucher
American geologist
Ferdinand Keller
Swiss archaeologist and prehistorian
Johannes von Müller
Swiss historian
Lugeon
Maurice Lugeon
Swiss geologist
Stefano Franscini
Swiss statesman
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Guillaume-Henri Dufour
Swiss engineer and army officer
Jean André Deluc
Swiss-British geologist and meteorologist
Jakob Stämpfli
Swiss politician
Vinet, Alexandre-Rodolphe
Alexandre-Rodolphe Vinet
Swiss theologian
Giuseppe Motta
Swiss political leader
Charles Pictet de Rochemont
Swiss statesman
Hans Reinhard
Swiss statesman
Henri Guisan
Swiss military leader
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
Sebastian Hofmeister
Swiss religious reformer

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