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Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob

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Born Zürich, Switzerland, 2 August 1672

Died Zürich, Switzerland, 23 June 1733

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Translated by Storm Dunlop.

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  1. Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland

    Thomas Klöti

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  1. Department of Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA, USA

    Thomas Hockey

  2. University of California, Irvine School of Physical Sciences, Irvine, CA, USA

    Virginia Trimble

  3. Rice University, Houston, TX, USA

    Thomas R. Williams

  4. Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, USA

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  5. York Univesity, Toronto, ON, Canada

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  6. University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA

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  7. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

    JoAnn Palmeri

  8. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Daniel W. E. Green

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Klöti, T. (2014). Scheuchzer, Johann Jakob. In: Hockey, T., et al. Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9917-7_1231

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