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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 ...
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 ...
Len Ackland, professor at the University of Colorado and co-director of the Center for Environmental Journalism. Elaine Anderson, paleontologist. George J. Armelagos, Goodrich C. White Professor of Anthropology at Emory University. John Christian Bailar, statistician, Professor Emeritus at the University of Chicago. Janet Bonnema, civil engineer.
Harrison Hagan " Jack " Schmitt (born July 3, 1935) is an American geologist, former NASA astronaut, university professor, former U.S. senator from New Mexico, and the most recent living person—and only person without a background in military aviation—to have walked on the Moon. [ 3]
Also: United Kingdom: People: By occupation: Earth scientists: Geologists This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:British women geologists The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
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 ...
Peter Tyrrell Flawn (Ph.D. 1951), geologist and former president of the University of Texas at Austin; Edward "Tad" Foote (B.A.), former president of the University of Miami; Thomas H. Gallaudet (B.A. 1805, M.A. 1810), educator for the deaf, co-founder and principal (1817–30) of the American School for the Deaf, namesake of Gallaudet ...