List of geologists
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), German
- Louis Agassiz (1807-1873), Swiss-American naturalist and geologist, work on ice ages, glaciers
- Walter Alvarez (b. 1940), USA
- Clarence Edward Dutton, American geologist, author of "Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District"
- Mary Anning (1799-1847), England
- Adolphe d'Archiac (1802-1868), France
- Giovanni Arduino (1714-1795), Italian, first classification of geological time
- Etheldred Benett, {1776-1845), England
- Pierre Berthier, French geologist, discovered the properties of Bauxite
- Norman L. Bowen (1887-1956), Canada
- John C. Branner (1782-1861), USA
- J. Harlan Bretz (1882-1981), USA
- George V. Chilingar, renowned American petroleum geologist
- William Branwhite Clarke (1798-1878), England
- William Conybeare (1787-1857), England
- James Dwight Dana (1813-1895), USA
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist
- George Mercer Dawson (1849-1901), Canada
- John William Dawson (1820-1899), Canada
- Arthur L. Day (1869-1960), USA
- Henry De la Beche (1796-1855), England
- Nicolas Desmarest (1725-1815), France
- Robert Dietz
- Jean-Baptiste Elie de Beaumont (1798-1874), France
- Walter Frederick Ferrier (1865-1950), Canada
- Alexander Henry Green (1832-1896), England
- Julius von Haast (1824-1887), Germany
- Sir James Hall (1761-1832), British geologist, did research on molten rock
- W. Brian Harland (1917 - 2003), England
- Harry Hess (1906-1969), USA
- Arthur Holmes (1890-1965), England
- M. King Hubbert (1903-1989), USA
- James Hutton (1726-1797), Scottish geologist, father of modern geology
- Daniel G. Krige inventor of kriging.
- William Edmond Logan (1798-1875), Canada
- Sir Charles Lyell (1797-1875), British geologist and naturalist
- William Maclure (1763-1840), USA
- Floyd Warren McCoy, Jr
- Dan McKenzie
- Friedrich Mohs (1773-1839), Germany
- W. Jason Morgan
- Roderick Murchison
- Joseph Pardee
- R.A.F. Penrose, Jr. (1863-1931), Canada
- John Phillips (1800-1874)
- Ferdinand_Baron_Von_Richthofen 1833-1905
- Charles Richter
- Harrison Schmitt, Apollo_17 moonwalker.
- Adam Sedgwick
- William Smith
- Nicolas Steno : (1638-1686) pioneer in early-modern geology
- Eduard Suess
- Alfred Wegener
- Josiah Whitney (1819-1896), chief of the California Geological Survey
- John Williamson (1907-1958), founder of the Williamson diamond mine
- J. Tuzo Wilson
- Harry M. Woodward (c.1938), did work with respect to the Old Faithful Geyser