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Also Known As Norman Levi Bowen
Born June 21, 1887 • Kingston • Canada
Died September 11, 1956 (aged 69) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Notable Works “The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks” • “The Later Stages of the Evolution of the Igneous Rocks”
Subjects Of Study igneous rock • phase equilibrium • silicate mineral
Brøgger, Waldemar Christofer
Waldemar Christofer Brøgger
Norwegian geologist
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Victor Moritz Goldschmidt
Swiss mineralogist
Charles Thomas Jackson
American physician and geologist
Auguste Michel-Lévy
French petrologist
Martin Heinrich Klaproth, engraving
Martin Heinrich Klaproth
German chemist
Richard Kirwan
Irish chemist
Johan Vogt
Johan Herman Lie Vogt
Norwegian geologist
Johan Gottlieb Gahn
Swedish mineralogist
Charles Friedel
French chemist
Axel Fredrik Cronstedt
Swedish mineralogist and chemist
Fausto Elhuyar
Spanish chemist and mineralogist
Arie Poldervaart
American geologist and petrologist
Maud Leonora Menten
Maud Leonora Menten
Canadian biochemist and organic chemist
Sidney Altman
Sidney Altman
Canadian-American scientist
Henry Taube
American chemist
Michael Smith
Canadian chemist
Marcus, Rudolph A.
Rudolph A. Marcus
Canadian-American chemist
Gerhard Herzberg
Canadian physicist
John C. Polanyi
Canadian chemist and educator
Stanley Miller
American biochemist

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