William Maclure

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Geologist, cartographer, social theorist (1763-1840)

ScientistsLived 1763 to 1840 · aged 76

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William Maclure was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist. He is known as the 'father of American geology'.

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Maclure's Geological Map of the United States, published in 1817

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William Maclure was an Americanized Scottish geologist, cartographer and philanthropist. He is known as the 'father of American geology'. As a social experimenter on new types of community life, he collaborated with British social reformer Robert Owen, (1771-1854), in the utopian settlement of New Harmony in Indiana, United States.

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