List of geologists

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A geologist is a contributor to the science of geology.

The following is a list of famous geologists

• Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806-1886)
• Louis Agassiz : (1807-1873) work on ice ages, glaciers.
• Mary Anning
• Giovanni Arduino : (1714-1795) first classification of geological time.
• Etheldred Benett
• Pierre Berthier : discovered the properties of Bauxite
• Arthur L. Day
• James Hutton : (1726-1797). father of modern geology
• John Phillips : (1800-1874)
• Sir Charles Lyell
• Roderick Murchison
• R.A.F. Penrose, Jr
• Harrison Schmitt : Apollo_17 moonwalker.
• Adam Sedgwick
• William Smith
• Nicolas Steno : (1638-1686) pioneer in early-modern geology
• Harry M. Woodward: (c.1938) did work with respect to the Old Faithful Geyser