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Born May 20, 1838 • Bonn • Germany
Died June 12, 1912 (aged 74) • Bonn • Germany
Subjects Of Study petrographic microscope
Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Rosenbusch
German geologist
Henry Clifton Sorby
British geologist
Auguste Michel-Lévy
French petrologist
Johan Vogt
Johan Herman Lie Vogt
Norwegian geologist
Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist
Arie Poldervaart
American geologist and petrologist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Abraham Werner
Abraham Gottlob Werner
German geologist
Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist
Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm, Freiherr von Richthofen
Ferdinand Paul Wilhelm, baron von Richthofen
German geographer
Pallas, engraved portrait
Peter Simon Pallas
German naturalist
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
German geologist
Penck, Albrecht
Albrecht Penck
geographer
Hans Cloos
German geologist
Georg Christian Füchsel
German geologist
Albert Oppel
German geologist and paleontologist
William Maclure
American geologist
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer

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