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Charles Cotton (1885–1970), New Zealand, geologist and geomorphologist. James Croll (1821–1890), Scottish scientist who developed the theory of climate change based on changes in the Earth's orbit. Georges Cuvier (1769–1832), French, proponent of catastrophism. Lindsay Collins (1944–2015), Perth, West Australia.
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 ...
On March 27, 1980, a series of volcanic explosions and pyroclastic flows began at Mount St. Helens in Skamania County, Washington, United States. A series of phreatic blasts occurred from the summit and escalated until a major explosive eruption took place on May 18, 1980, at 8:32 am. The eruption, which had a volcanic explosivity index of 5 ...
James Hutton FRSE ( / ˈhʌtən /; 3 June O.S. [1] 1726 – 26 March 1797) was a Scottish geologist, agriculturalist, chemical manufacturer, naturalist and physician. [2] Often referred to as the "Father of Modern Geology," [3] [4] he played a key role in establishing geology as a modern science. Hutton advanced the idea that the physical world ...
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]
The # symbol indicates the massacre's ranking by number of deaths (since this list is sorted by death toll, not by date or by number of overall casualties). The W column gives a basic description of the weapons used: F – Firearms and other ranged weapons.
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 ...
1965–1995. Rank. Commander. Robert Duane Ballard (born June 30, 1942) is an American retired Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is noted for his work in underwater archaeology ( maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks) and marine geology. He is best known by the general public for the ...