2000 Death Leslie Arthur Sirkin, geologist, dies at 65 1997 Death Charles Drake, geologist, dies of heart attack 1964 Death Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist, dies at 61 1964 Death Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist (Boulder Book), dies at 93 1958 Death Douglas Mawson, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage, in Brighton, South Australia, at age 76 1953 Death Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist (nappism), dies at 83 1945 Death Karl T Sapper, German geographer/geologist (Vulkankunde), dies at 79 1942 Death Frank D. Adams, Canadian geologist, dies at 83 1942 Birthday Robert Ballard, explorer/geologist/author/discoverer, Titanic in 1985 1940 Death M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies 1937 Death Johannes Walter, German geologist (Die Denudation in Wuste), dies 1931 Death Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist, dies at 72 1927 Death Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist (New-Guinea), dies 1921 Death Peter Kropotkin, Russ Prince/geologist/revolut anarchist, dies at 78 1920 Birthday Lambertus MJU van Straaten, geologist, Waddenzee, Rhone-delta 1916 Birthday Frederick Stewart, British geologist 1913 Death Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist (sapropelium), dies 1910 Death Alexander E Agassiz, U.S. businessman/biologist/geologist, dies at 74 1908 Birthday Vivian [Ernest] Fuchs, geologist/explorer, British Antarctic Survey 1906 Birthday William M. Ewing, U.S. geologist/geophysicist 1904 Birthday Reinout W van Bemmelen, Dutch geologist 1904 Death Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist (Libya), dies at 64 1903 Birthday Cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist 1902 Death John Wesley Powell, U.S. geologist (Grand Canyon), dies at 68 1901 Death Nils Adolf Erik, Baron Nordenskjold, geologist/explorer, dies 1897 Death Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist, dies at 45 1896 Birthday C Eugene Wegmann, Swiss geologist, Le Jura plisse 1889 Birthday Alan M Bateman, Canadian geologist, Yale professor 1884 Death Arnold Henry Guyot, Swiss/US geologist/meteorologist, dies at 76 1883 Birthday Frank Debenham, Australian geographer/geologist 1882 Birthday Douglas Mawson, born in Yorkshire, England, Antarctic explorer, geologist, member, Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod expedition, among first to reach South Magnetic Pole 1879 Birthday Pieter Tesch, Dutch geologist, Pedestal of Nederlands 1879 Birthday Emile Argand, Swiss geologist, Dekbladen Theory 1878 Death Friedrich August von Alberti, geologist (Triasic Age), dies at 83 1877 Death Winand C H Staring, geologist (Bottom of Netherlands), dies at 68 1875 Death Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 1874 Death JBAL Leonce Elie the Beaumont, French geologist, dies at 75 1873 Death J Louis R Agassiz, Swiss geologist/paleo-biologist, dies 1870 Birthday Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist, nappism 1870 Birthday Pieter van der Lijn, Dutch geologist, Dutch boulders 1866 Birthday Karl T Sapper, German geography/geologist, Vulkankunde 1860 Birthday Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness 1859 Birthday Frank D. Adams, Canada geologist/educator 1858 Birthday Hans Schardt, Swiss geologist 1858 Birthday Joseph Thomson, Scotland, geologist, Thomson's gazelle 1857 Birthday Henry Potonie, German paleo-botanist/geologist, sapropelium 1857 Death William Daniel Conybeare, geologist, dies 1857 Birthday Andrija Mohorovicic, Croatian geologist, Moho discontinuity 1856 Death William Buckland, dean (Westminister)/geologist, dies 1851 Birthday Waldemar Brogger, Norway, geologist/mineralogist, Metamict State 1851 Birthday Henry Drummond, Scottish geologist/evangelist 1851 Birthday C E Arthur Wichmann, German/Dutch geologist, Netherlands Indies 1843 Birthday Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, investigated Lake Bonneville, Utah 1842 Birthday Clarence King, mining engineer, geologist 1839 Birthday Karl A von Zittel, German geologist/paleontologist, Libya 1835 Birthday Archibald Geikie, British geologist 1834 Birthday John Wesley Powell, U.S., geologist/explorer/ethnologist 1829 Birthday Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, U.S., geologist, Geograph Survey 1859-86 1819 Death John Playfair, Scottish geologist/mathematician, dies 1817 Death Abraham Gottlob Werner, German geologist 1811 Birthday James Hall, U.S. geologist, Natural history of New York 1811 Death Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, dies at 69 1808 Birthday Winand C H Staring, geologist, Geology of Netherlands 1807 Birthday Arnold Henry Guyot, born in Switzerland, U.S. geologist, geographer, and meteorologist 1807 Birthday Louis Agassiz, born in Switzerland, naturalist, geologist, and teacher 1799 Birthday Joachim de Barrande, French paleontologist/geologist 1799 Death Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist/alpinist, dies at 58 1798 Birthday JBAL Leonce Elie de Beaumont, French mine engineer/geologist 1797 Birthday Charles Lyell, Scotland, geologist, Principles of Geology 1797 Death James Hutton, geologist, dies 1795 Birthday Friedrich [August] von Alberti, German geologist, Triasic Age 1785 Birthday Adam Sedgwick, British geologist 1770 Birthday Alexandre Brongniart, Paris, mineralogist/geologist, Tertiary 1769 Birthday William Smith, geologist, Strata Identified by Organized Fossils 1761 Birthday James Hall, Scotland, geologist 1748 Birthday John Playfair, born in Scotland, clergyman, geologist and mathematician 1741 Birthday Peter S Pallas, German geologist/zoologist, Siberia/Krim 1740 Birthday Horace B de Saussure, Swiss physicist/geologist 1728 Death John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies 1726 Birthday James Hutton, Edinburgh Scotland, geologist
