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Arnold Henry Guyot

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Arnold Henry Guyot

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9 Feb 1884 (aged 76)
Princeton, Mercer County, New Jersey, USA
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He was a professor of physical geography and geoloogy at Princeton University for 30 years. He also managed the meteorological department at the Smithsonian Institution. Guyot was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland.  He is the namesake of several geographical features, including Guyot Glacier in Alaska, Mount Guyot in North Carolina, and a different Mount Guyot in New Hampshire. The building housing the Department of Geosciences at Princeton is named Guyot Hall in his honor.
He was a professor of physical geography and geoloogy at Princeton University for 30 years. He also managed the meteorological department at the Smithsonian Institution. Guyot was born at Boudevilliers, near Neuchâtel, Switzerland.  He is the namesake of several geographical features, including Guyot Glacier in Alaska, Mount Guyot in North Carolina, and a different Mount Guyot in New Hampshire. The building housing the Department of Geosciences at Princeton is named Guyot Hall in his honor.


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