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Thomas Belt

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English geologist and naturalist (1832-1878)

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Thomas Belt, an English geologist and naturalist, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1832, and educated in that city.

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Frontispiece of Belt's The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)Frontispiece of Belt's The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874)

Scientists born in the 1830s 6

Franz Ludwig Späth39.1Franz Melde39.1Frederick Whymper39.1August Freund39.1Konstantin Mikhailovsky39.3Carey Foster39.0

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Thomas Belt, an English geologist and naturalist, was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1832, and educated in that city. He is remembered for his work on the geology of gold bearing minerals, glacial geology, and for his description of the mutualistic relationship between certain bullthorn Acacia species and their Pseudomyrmex ants.

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Lived 1832 to 1878 · aged 45
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