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John Strachey
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John Strachey: Facts & Related Content

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Born May 10, 1671 • England
Died June 11, 1743 (aged 72) • Greenwich • England
Notable Works “Observations on the Different Strata of Earths and Minerals”
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
German geologist
Penck, Albrecht
Albrecht Penck
geographer
Amadeus William Grabau
American geologist
Henri-François-Émile Termier
French geologist
Amanz Gressly
Swiss geologist
Georg Christian Füchsel
German geologist
Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux
French geologist
Albert Oppel
German geologist and paleontologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
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
Henry Clifton Sorby
British geologist
Buckland, William
William Buckland
British geologist

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Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
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Cross section of Earth showing the core, mantle, and crust
Everything Earth