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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.
Dorothea Leighton (1908–1989), American social psychiatrist, founded the field of medical anthropology. Katharine Luomala (1907–1992), American anthropologist. Margaret McArthur (1919–2002), Australian anthropologist, nutritionist and educator. Margaret Mead (1901–1978), American anthropologist.
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.
Alison Dundes Renteln (J.D. 1991) – political scientist, Professor of Political Science, Anthropology, Public Policy and Law at the University of Southern California; Ian Roberts (Ph.D. 1985) – linguist; Professor of Linguistics at the University of Cambridge [36] Bernard Salick (M.D. 1964) – medical entrepreneur, nephrologist
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 ...
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.
David Smith (geographer) David M. Smith (1936–2021) was a British human geographer. He made attempts to bring moral philosophy into human geography, thus enabling the development of moral geographies as a field of study. He worked until his retirement as a Professor of geography at Queen Mary University of London [1] and had previously worked ...