John Stevens Henslow

John Stevens Henslow

male, deceased (1861)
From berkshire, Rochester, Kent, Anglican, From suffolk, priest, Anglican priest…mineralogy
John Stevens Henslow (February 6, 1796 - May 16, 1861) was an English botanist and geologist. Henslow was born at Rochester, the son of a solicitor...

W. G. Ernst

male
Stanford University, petrology, geochemistry, Geochemist, metamorphism, California Coast Ranges…mineralogy
W. Gary Ernst is an American geologist specializing in petrology and geochemistry. He currently is the Benjamin M. Page Professor Emeritus in...
Georg Agricola

Georg Agricola

male, deceased (1555)
Georg Bauer, Georg Pawer, Peter Mosellanus, Bermannus, sive de re metallica dialogus, Joachimsthal, Georgius Agricola…mineralogy
Georgius Agricola was a German scholar and scientist. Known as "the father of mineralogy", he was born at Glauchau in Saxony. His real name was...
John Walker

John Walker

male, deceased (1859)
antimony sulfide, English, Chemist, match, mineralogy, pharmacist
John Walker (29 May 1781 - 1 May 1859) was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing...
Alexandre Brongniart

Alexandre Brongniart

male, deceased (1847)
zoologist, Mineralogist, Chemist, French, mineralogy, trilobite
Alexandre Brongniart was a French chemist, mineralogist, and zoologist, who collaborated with Georges Cuvier on a study of the geology of the...
Leonard Horner

Leonard Horner

male, deceased (1864)
University College School, Fellow of the Royal Society, Francis Horner, Geology of the Environs of Bonn, Playfairs Illustrations of the ilullonian Theory, Droitwich…mineralogy
Leonard Horner (January 17, 1785 - March 5, 1864), Scottish geologist, brother of Francis Horner, was born in Edinburgh. Horner was a 'radical...
Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson

male, deceased (1958)
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, new hebrides, Geologist, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, Explorer of Antarctica, Knights Bachelor…mineralogy
Sir Douglas Mawson OBE FRS (May 5 1882 – 14 October 1958) was an Australian Antarctic explorer and geologist. With Roald Amundsen, Robert Falcon Sc...
John Torrey

John Torrey

male, deceased (1873)
United States Military Academy, Botanist, Mycologist, botany, Botanists active in North America, mineralogy
John Torrey (August 15, 1796 - March 10, 1873) was an American botanist. Torrey was born in New York. When he was 15 or 16 years of age his father...
Thomas Thomson

Thomas Thomson

male, deceased (1852)
Fellow of the Royal Society, Chemist, Scottish, university of edinburgh, geological, mineralogy
Thomas Thomson was a Scottish chemist. Born Crieff, Perthshire, he was educated at the University of St. Andrews in classics, mathematics and...
James Sowerby

James Sowerby

male, deceased (1822)
Botanist, Mineralogist, English Botany, From London, Conchologist, A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland…mineralogy, British Mineralogy, Exotic Mineralogy
James Sowerby (March 21, 1757 - October 25, 1822) was a British naturalist and illustrator. Contributions to published works, such as "A Specimen...