Dawson, the family name of two Canadian geologists, who were father and son. Both were born in Pictou, Nova Scotia. See more »

Orton, the name of two United States scientists, father and son. See more »

Werner, Abraham Gottlob (1749-1817), a German geologist, helped geology gain recognition as an important branch of science. See more »

Agricola, , Georgius (1490-1555), a German physician and scientist, called the father of mineralogy. See more »

Du Toit, Alexander Logie (1878-1948) was a South African geologist who helped form one of the foundations for the synthesis of continental drift theory and plate tectonics. See more »

Holmes, Arthur (1890-1965) was a British geologist who used radioactivity to determine the age of rocks, which led to new estimations of the earth's age. See more »

Bell, Robert (1841-1917), a Canadian geologist. He mapped much of the area around Hudson Bay and named thousands of Canadian lakes, rivers, and other geographical features. See more »

Broom, Robert (1866-1951), a Scottish paleontologist, anatomist, and physician, made major contributions to the study of the origin of mammals and the structure of their skulls, to the history and classification of ancient reptiles, and to the discovery and interpretation of early human fossils. See more »

Van Hise, Charles Richard (1857-1918) was an American geologist and educator. His geological studies of the Precambrian formations of the Lake Superior region contributed greatly to iron mining there. See more »

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves (1910-1997), a French oceanographer, inventor, and explorer. See more »