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Maurice-Irénée-Marie Gignoux
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Born October 19, 1881 • Lyon • France
Died October 20, 1955 (aged 74) • Grenoble • France
Subjects Of Study Pliocene Epoch • Quaternary • stratigraphy
Henri-François-Émile Termier
French geologist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Johann Gottlob Lehmann
German geologist
Penck, Albrecht
Albrecht Penck
geographer
Amadeus William Grabau
American geologist
Amanz Gressly
Swiss geologist
Conybeare, William Daniel
William Daniel Conybeare
British geologist
Georg Christian Füchsel
German geologist
Albert Oppel
German geologist and paleontologist
John Strachey
British geologist
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée
French geochemist
Édouard Lartet
French geologist and archaeologist
Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers
Alexandre Brongniart
French geologist
Orbigny, engraving
Alcide Dessalines d’ Orbigny
French paleontologist
Nicolas Desmarest
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Joachim Barrande
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