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A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology.Geologists are also known as earth scientists or geoscientists.. The following is a list of notable geologists. Many have received such awards as the Penrose Medal or the Wollaston Medal, or have been inducted into the National Academy of Sciences or the Royal Society.
David Deming (born 1954), an American geologist and geophysicist, is an associate professor of Arts and Sciences at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. He graduated from North Central High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1972. He then attended Indiana University Bloomington, graduating in 1983 with a BS degree in geology, and received a Ph ...
Alexander Catcott. William Branwhite Clarke. John Josias Conybeare. William Conybeare (geologist) John Lodge Cowley. F. R. Cowper Reed. Henry William Crosskey. Joseph George Cumming. Dennis Curry.
Steve Smith (1945– ), main actor and writer on television series The Red Green Show; David Soren, animator; Sarah Taylor, MuchMusic VJ who now co-hosts many popular shows, including Combat Zone, MuchOnDemand and Take Over; Dave Thomas (1949– ), comedian and actor, SCTV, Grace Under Fire; Nerene Virgin, Canadian actress, journalist, and teacher
The history of paleontology traces the history of the effort to understand the history of life on Earth by studying the fossil record left behind by living organisms. Since it is concerned with understanding living organisms of the past, paleontology can be considered to be a field of biology, but its historical development has been closely tied to geology and the effort to understand the ...
David Deniston Smith [4] is the son of Julian Sinclair Smith (1921–1993), founder of Sinclair Broadcast Group, and Carolyn Beth Cunningham. [5] He has three brothers—Frederick, J. Duncan and Robert. [5] As a child he lived in the Bolton Hill neighborhood of Baltimore, and attended Baltimore's City College High School, [6] graduating in 1969.
USGS career. c. 1920. Smith was the Geologist-in-charge of the Section of Petrography of the Geologic Branch, succeeded Charles Doolittle Walcott as Director in May 1907 and continued as Director until December 1930. Smith had joined the Survey after receiving his doctorate from Johns Hopkins University in 1896, and he was barely 36 years old ...
William 'Strata' Smith (23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first detailed, nationwide geological map of any country. [1] At the time his map was first published he was overlooked by the scientific community; his relatively humble education and family connections prevented him from mixing ...