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Alfred Elis Törnebohm
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Born October 16, 1838 • Stockholm • Sweden
Died April 21, 1911 (aged 72) • Sweden
Subjects Of Study Caledonian orogeny • mountain • mountain range • overthrust
Lindgren, Waldemar
Waldemar Lindgren
American geologist
Gerhard, Baron De Geer
Swedish geologist
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
William Maclure
American geologist
François-Emile Matthes
American geologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
Powell, John Wesley
John Wesley Powell
American explorer, geologist, and ethnologist
Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
James Hutton
James Hutton
Scottish geologist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Smith, William
William Smith
British geologist
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French philosopher and paleontologist
Dorothy Hill
Dorothy Hill
Australian geologist
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Henry Fairfield Osborn
American paleontologist
Grove Karl Gilbert, 1891
Grove Karl Gilbert
American geologist
Abraham Werner
Abraham Gottlob Werner
German geologist
Walter Alvarez
Walter Alvarez
American geologist
Leopold, Baron von Buch
German geologist

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