Famous people died in February - page 4

William Morris Davis

William Morris Davis

William Morris Davis was an American geographer, geologist, and meteorologist, who founded the science of geomorphology

AmericanFebruary 12, 1850181 views

Jean Gottmann

Jean Gottmann was an exceptional French geographer

FrenchOctober 23, 1915174 views

Roger Tomlinson

Roger Tomlinson was an English geographer commonly referred to as the "father of GIS." This biography of Roger Tomlinson provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

BritishNovember 17, 1933133 views

Peter Kropotkin

Prince Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin, aka Peter Kropotkin, was a Russian philosopher and activist

Inge Lehmann

Inge Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered the fact that the core of the Earth was solid

DanishMay 13, 1888215 views

Max Perutz

Max Ferdinand Perutz was an Austrian-born British molecular biologist who was awarded the ‘Nobel Prize for Chemistry’ in 1962

BritishMay 19, 1914138 views

Gertrude B. Elion

Gertrude B

AmericanJanuary 23, 1918128 views

Renato Dulbecco

Renato Dulbecco was an Italian American virologist who won a share of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1975

ItalianFebruary 22, 1914100 views