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Henry Clifton Sorby
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Born May 10, 1826 • England
Died March 9, 1908 (aged 81) • Sheffield • England
Subjects Of Study petrographic microscope
Ferdinand Zirkel
German geologist
Karl Heinrich Ferdinand Rosenbusch
German 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
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Sedgwick, Adam
Adam Sedgwick
British geologist
Scrope, George Julius Poulett
George Julius Poulett Scrope
British geologist
John Michell
British geologist and astronomer
William Lonsdale
British geologist
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas De La
Sir Henry Thomas De La Beche
British geologist
Charles William Peach
English naturalist and geologist
Fuchs, Vivian Ernest
Vivian Fuchs
British explorer and geologist
Buckland, William
William Buckland
British geologist
Charles Lapworth
British geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
Ralph A. Bagnold
British geologist
John Jeremiah Bigsby
British geologist

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