Arnold Henri Guyot
1807–84
Swiss geographer and glacial geologist who emigrated to the United States in 1848. Studied the distribution of erratic boulders in Switzerland, 1840–7. Professor of physical geography and geology at Princeton, 1854–84, where he founded a museum.
Sources
DAB
DSB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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