Ebenezer Emmons

Ebenezer Emmons

male, deceased (1863)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni, Albany Medical College, stratum, geologicalsurvey, natural science, obstetrics…geological map
Ebenezer Emmons (1799-1863), American geologist, was born at Middlefield, Massachusetts, on the 16th of May 1799, son of Ebenezer and Mary (Mack)...
William Henry Holmes

William Henry Holmes

male, deceased (1933)
Geologist, Archaeologist, Anthropologist, geologicalsurvey, Native American, u.s. geological survey…united states geological survey
William Henry Holmes (December 1, 1846 - April 20, 1933) was an American anthropologist, archaeologist, geologist and museum director. Born in...

James Geikie

male, deceased (1915)
Geologist, Scottish, ice age, geologicalsurvey, university of edinburgh, iceberg
James Geikie (23 August 1839-1915) was a Scottish geologist and younger brother of Sir Archibald Geikie, he was born in Edinburgh. He was educated...
Robert Etheridge

Robert Etheridge

male, deceased (1903)
Botanist, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geologist, geologicalsurvey, herefordshire, botany
Robert Etheridge was an English geologist and palaeontologist. Etheridge was born at Ross-on-Wye, in Herefordshire. After an ordinary school...

Edward Hull

male, deceased (1917)
Geologist, geologicalsurvey, Stratigrapher
Edward Hull (1829-1917), a geologist and stratigrapher, held the position of Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland.
Andrew Ramsay

Andrew Ramsay

male, deceased (1891)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Geologist, Chemist, Scottish, geologicalsurvey, isle of arran…Memoirs of the Geological Survey
Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay (January 31, 1814 - December 9, 1891) was a Scottish geologist. Ramsay was born at Glasgow, being the son of William...

Joshua Trimmer

male, deceased (1857)
Bangor, Geologist, geologicalsurvey, agricultural, soil, carnarvon
Joshua Trimmer (11 July 1795-16 September 1857) was an English geologist born at North Cray in Kent. He was the son of Joshua Kirby Trimmer of...
Harry Seeley

Harry Seeley

male, deceased (1909)
geologicalsurvey, British, Paleontologist, fossil, dinosaur, cladistics
Harry Govier Seeley (18 February 1839 - 8 January 1909) was a British paleontologist who determined that dinosaurs fell into two great groups, the...
Lyon Playfair 1st Baron Playfair

Lyon Playfair 1st Baron Playfair

male, deceased (1898)
Liberal Party Lords-in-Waiting, Parliament of Great Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Society, geologicalsurvey, prince albert
Lyon Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, GCB, PC, FRS (May 1, 1818 - May 29, 1898) was a Scottish scientist and Parliamentarian. Born at Chunar, Bengal,...
Benjamin Franklin Mudge

Benjamin Franklin Mudge

male, deceased (1879)
Kansas State University, type species, geologicalsurvey, smithsonian, bird, Niobrara Chalk…Kansas Geological Survey
Benjamin Franklin Mudge (August 11 1817 - November 21 1879) was an American lawyer, geologist and teacher. Briefly the mayor of Lynn,...