Calendar of scientific pioneers

Calendar of scientific pioneers

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ABSTRACT January 7, 1786. Jean Etienne Guettard died.—The discoverer in 1752 of the extinct volcanoes of Auvergne and the compiler with Lavoisier of a mineralogical map of France, Guettard has been called “the father of all the national Geological Surveys.” Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article * Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support CHANGE HISTORY * _ 01 JANUARY 1921 In last week's Calendar the year of Galileo's birth should have been 1564, and not 1571_l_ which was the year Kepler was born. _ Authors * E. C. S. View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. _Nature_ 106, 617 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106617a0 Download citation * Issue Date: 06 January 1921 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106617a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative

ABSTRACT January 7, 1786. Jean Etienne Guettard died.—The discoverer in 1752 of the extinct volcanoes of Auvergne and the compiler with Lavoisier of a mineralogical map of France, Guettard


has been called “the father of all the national Geological Surveys.” Access through your institution Buy or subscribe This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution


ACCESS OPTIONS Access through your institution Subscribe to this journal Receive 51 print issues and online access $199.00 per year only $3.90 per issue Learn more Buy this article *


Purchase on SpringerLink * Instant access to full article PDF Buy now Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout ADDITIONAL ACCESS OPTIONS: * Log in * Learn


about institutional subscriptions * Read our FAQs * Contact customer support CHANGE HISTORY * _ 01 JANUARY 1921 In last week's Calendar the year of Galileo's birth should have been


1564, and not 1571_l_ which was the year Kepler was born. _ Authors * E. C. S. View author publications You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar RIGHTS AND PERMISSIONS


Reprints and permissions ABOUT THIS ARTICLE CITE THIS ARTICLE S., E. Calendar of Scientific Pioneers. _Nature_ 106, 617 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/106617a0 Download citation * Issue


Date: 06 January 1921 * DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/106617a0 SHARE THIS ARTICLE Anyone you share the following link with will be able to read this content: Get shareable link Sorry, a


shareable link is not currently available for this article. Copy to clipboard Provided by the Springer Nature SharedIt content-sharing initiative