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Leonardo da V
inci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci

was an Italian polymath, painter,
sculptor, architect, musician,
mathematician, engineer,
inventor, anatomist, geologist,
cartographer, botanist, and
writer. He is widely considered to
be one of the greatest painters
of all time and perhaps the most
diversely talented.

Age:Died at 67 (1452-1519)
Birthplace:Vinci, Italy
Profession:Military Engineer,
Musician, Scientist, Inventor,
Architect

Harrison Schmitt

Harrison Hagan "Jack" Schmitt is

an American geologist, retired
NASA astronaut, university
professor and former U.S. senator
from New Mexico. In December
1972, as one of the crew on board
Apollo 17, Schmitt became the
first member of NASA's first
scientist-astronaut group to fly in
space.
Age:age 80
Birthplace:New Mexico, Grant
County, United States of America,
United States, with Territories, +
more
Profession:Astronaut, Scientist,
Geologist

Charles Dar
win

Charles Robert Darwin,FRSFRGSFLS

FZS[2](/drwn/;[3]12February 1809
19April 1882) was an English
naturalistandgeologist,[4]best known
for his contributions to evolutionary
theory.[I]He established that allspecies
of life have descended over time from
common ancestors,[5]and in a joint
publication withAlfred Russel Wallace
introduced his scientific theorythat
thisbranching patternofevolution
resulted from a process that he called
natural selection, in which the
struggle for existencehas a similar
effect to theartificial selection
involved inselective breeding.[6]
Age:Died at 73 (1809-1882)
Birthplace:The Mount, Shrewsbury,
United Kingdom
Profession:Biologist, Scientist,
Naturalist, Geologist, Writer

George Gib
bs

George Gibbs(18151873) was

an Americanethnologist, naturalist
andgeologistwho contributed to
the study of thelanguagesof
indigenous peoplesin
Washington Territory. Known for his
expertise on Native American
customs and languages, Gibbs
participated in numerous treaty
negotiations between the
U.S. governmentand the native
tribes.
Age:Died at 58 (1815-1873)
Birthplace:Astoria, New York City,
New York, United States of America
Profession:Author, Geologist,
Ethnologist

John Bidwell

John Bidwell(August 5, 1819 April 4,

1900) was known throughoutCalifornia
and across the nation as an important
pioneer,farmer,soldier,statesman,
politician,prohibitionistand
philanthropist. He is famous for leading
one of the firstemigrantparties, known
as theBartlesonBidwell Party, along
theCalifornia Trail, and for founding
Chico, California. He also traveled to
Washington DC to ask Abraham Lincoln
to sign documents to incorporate
California as a state of the United
States.Age:Died at 81 (1819-1900)
Birthplace:New York, United States of
America
Profession:Inventor, Scientist,
Geologist, Writer

William Smith

William 'Strata' Smith(23 March

1769 28 August 1839) was anEnglish
geologist, credited with creating the
first nationwidegeological map.[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 easily in
learned society. Consequently, his work
was plagiarised; financially ruined, he
spent time indebtors' prison. It was
only much later in his life that Smith
received recognition for his
accomplishments, and became known
as the "Father of EnglishGeology".
Age:Died at 70 (1769-1839)
Birthplace:Churchill, United Kingdom
Profession:Geologist, Engineer

Florence Bas
com

Florence Bascom(July
14, 1862 June 18, 1945)
was an American geologist
known for her innovative
use ofpetrographyin
studying crystalline rocks
and identifying their
origins. In 1896, she
became the first woman
hired by the
United States Geological S
urvey
.
Age:Died at 83 (18621945)
Birthplace:Williamstown,

Anthony R.
Barringer

Anthony R. "Tony"
Barringer(October 20, 1925
August 15, 2009) was a
Canadian/Americangeophysicist
. He made numerous
contributions to
mineral explorationtechnology.
His most famous work was the
development of the INPUT
airborneelectromagnetic
system, which has been
credited in the discovery of tens
of billions of dollars' worth of
oredeposits.
Age:Died at 84 (1925-2009)
Profession:Inventor, Geologist

Walter Alva
rez

Walter Alvarez(born October

3, 1940) is a professor in the
EarthandPlanetary Science
department at the
University of California, Berkele
y
. He is most widely known for
the theory thatdinosaurswere
killed by anasteroidimpact,
developed in collaboration with
his father,Nobel Prizewinning
physicistLuis Alvarez.
Age:age 75
Birthplace:Berkeley,
California, United States of
America
Profession:Geologist

Eugene Merle Shoe

maker

Eugene Merle
Shoemaker(April 28, 1928
July 18, 1997), also known
asGene Shoemaker, was an
Americangeologistand one of
the founders of the field of
planetary science. He is best
known for co-discovering the
Comet ShoemakerLevy 9with
his wifeCarolyn S. Shoemaker
andDavid H. Levy.
Age:Died at 69 (1928-1997)
Birthplace:Los Angeles,
California, United States of
America
Profession:Geologist,
Astronomer

Charles Francis Ric

hter

Charles Francis Richter(/rktr/;

April 26, 1900 September 30, 1985)
was an Americanseismologistand
physicist.
Richter is most famous as the creator
of theRichter magnitude scale, which,
until the development of the
moment magnitude scalein 1979,
quantified the size ofearthquakes.
Inspired byKiyoo Wadati's 1928 paper
on shallow and deep earthquakes,
Richter first used the scale in 1935
after developing it in collaboration with
Beno Gutenberg; both worked at the
California Institute of Technology.
Age:Died at 85 (1900-1985)
Birthplace:Overpeck, Ohio, United
States of America
Profession:Seismologist, Physicist

Bruce C. Murr
ay

Bruce Churchill
Murray(November 30,
1931 August 29, 2013) was
an American planetary
scientist. He was a director of
theJet Propulsion Laboratory
(JPL) and co-founder ofThe
Planetary Society.
Age:Died at 82 (1931-2013)
Birthplace:New York City,
New York, United States of
America
Profession:Geologist

Charles Lyel
l

Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet,FRS

(14 November 1797 22 February
1875) was a British lawyer and the
foremostgeologistof his day. He is
best known as the author of
Principles of Geology, which
popularizedJames Hutton's concepts
ofuniformitarianismthe idea that
the Earth was shaped by the same
processes still in operation
today.Principles of Geologyalso
challenged theories popularized by
Georges Cuvier, which were the most
accepted and circulated ideas about
geology in England at the time.[1]
Age:Died at 78 (1797-1875)
Birthplace:Angus, United Kingdom
Profession:Geologist, Lawyer

Henry Fairfield Osb

orn

Henry Fairfield Osborn,

Sr.ForMemRS[1](August 8,
1857 November 6, 1935)
was an Americangeologist
,paleontologist, and
eugenist, and the president
of the
American Museum of Natura
l History
for 25 years.
Age:Died at 78 (18571935)
Birthplace:Fairfield,
Connecticut, United States
of America
Profession:Paleontologist,