Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Geologists, including Charles Darwin, Henry Fairfield Osborn, Douglas Mawson, Louis Agassiz and William John McGee

Famous 19th Century Geologists

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
12 February 1809, British
Naturalist, Geologist
Louis AgassizLouis Agassiz
28 May 1807, American
Geologist

John Wesely PowellJohn Wesley Powell
24 March 1834, American
Explorer, Geologist

Douglas MawsonDouglas Mawson
05 May 1882, Australian
Explorer, Geologist

Birbal SahniBirbal Sahni
1891 AD, Indian
Palaeobotanist

Inge LehmannInge Lehmann
13 May 1888, Danish
Seismologist, Geophysicist
William Morris DavisWilliam Morris Davis
12 February 1850, American
Geographer, Geologist, Meteorologist

Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen Ferdinand von Richthofen
05 May 1833, German
Geographer, Traveler, Scientist

Ignacy DomeykoIgnacy Domeyko
31 July 1802, Polish
Geologist

William John McGeeWilliam John McGee
17 April 1853, American
Explorer, Anthropologist, University teacher
Henry Fairfield OsbornHenry Fairfield Osborn
08 August 1857, American
Geologist, Paleontologist

Arthur HolmesArthur Holmes
14 January 1890, British
Geophysicist, Geologist
Eduard SuessEduard Suess
20 August 1831, Austrian
Paleontologist, Politician, University teacher,

Eugène DuboisEugène Dubois
28 January 1858
Curator, Geologist, Physician, Anthropologist,