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Born May 28, 1861 • Thurso • Scotland
Died April 5, 1950 (aged 88) • East Grinstead • England
Notable Works “The Realm of Nature”
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
William Morris Davis
American geographer
Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot
American geologist
John Dalton
John Dalton
British scientist
Halford Mackinder
Halford Mackinder
British political geographer
James Martin Stagg
British meteorologist
Daniell, John Frederic
John Frederic Daniell
British chemist
Jean André Deluc
Swiss-British geologist and meteorologist
Alexander Buchan
Alexander Buchan
British meteorologist
David Thompson
English explorer
Rennell, detail from a pencil sketch by G. Dance, 1794; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Rennell
British geographer
Aaron Arrowsmith, engraving by T.A. Dean after a portrait by H.W. Pickersgill
Aaron Arrowsmith
British geographer and cartographer
William Henry Dines
British meteorologist
George James Symons
British meteorologist
Sir Napier Shaw
British meteorologist
Douglas Freshfield
British explorer
Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer

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