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ARNOLD ESCHER VON DER LINTH (1807—1872)

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 765 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ARNOLD ESCHER VON DER See also:LINTH (1807—1872)  , Swiss geologist, the son of Hans See also:Conrad Escher (1767—1823), was See also:born at See also:Zurich on the 8th of See also:June 1807 . In 1856 he became See also:professor of See also:geology at the 1 See also:cole Polytechnique at Zurich . His researches led him to be regarded as one of the founders of Swiss geology . With B . See also:Studer he produced (1852—1853) the first elaborate See also:geological See also:map of See also:Switzerland . He was the author also of Geologische Bemerkungen fiber das nordliche See also:Vorarlberg and einige angrenzenden Gegenden, published at Zurich in 1853 . He died on the 12th of See also:July 1872 .

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