Born: September 28, 1807 in Budvor, Switzerland Died: February 8, 1884. Princeton, New Jersey, USA Swiss geographer and geologist. He aspired to be a theologian, but after associating with Jean-Louis Rodolfo Agassiz, he chose the path of a scientist. He studied geography in Germany under Alexander von Humboldt and Karl Ritter, and lectured in geography and history at the University of Neuchâtel from 1839 to 1848. In 1848 he accompanied Agassiz to the United States, and from 1854 to 1884 he was a professor at Princeton University. He studied geology and meteorology, and made great contributions to glacier surveys and meteorological observations, and made great efforts to establish meteorological observatories in the United States. The flat-topped seamount "Guyot" was named after him by American geophysicist Harry Hammond Hess (1906-69). His major work is The Earth and Man (English translation in 1849). Guyot |
[生]1807.9.28. スイス,ブドビエ [没]1884.2.8. アメリカ合衆国,ニュージャージー,プリンストン スイスの地理学者,地質学者。神学を志したが,ジャン=ルイ・ロドルフォ・アガシーと交わり,科学者の道を選んだ。ドイツでアレクサンダー・フォン・フンボルトやカール・リッターの指導を受けて地理学を修め,1839~48年ヌーシャテル大学で地理と歴史を講じた。1848年アガシーに従ってアメリカ合衆国に渡り,1854~84年プリンストン大学教授。地質学,気象学を研究し,氷河の調査や気象観測に業績を残し,アメリカの気象台の設置に力を尽くした。頂部の平らな海山「ギヨー」はアメリカの地球物理学者ハリー・ハマンド・ヘス(1906~69)がギヨーの名にちなんで命名した。主著『大地と人』The Earth and Man(1849英訳)。 ギヨー
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