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 'Some' People Connected with Speleology

 

by J. P. van der Pas et al

 

Many, many note's have been collected for this over the years. But there are also some fantastic references for maybe even more As 'History of Cave Science' by Trevor R. Shaw (ISBN 0646125036). Than there is range of books by W.R. ('Bill') Halliday with a lot of historic names. Franco Urbani supplied a long time ago a host of Venezuelan names, as did Elery Hamilton-Smith for Australia.

 
 

CODAZZI, Agustin (1859 - ?). Explorer, geographer, visited Cueva del Guacharo, his description was widely reprinted and maybe more known than the one by v. Humboldt. Venezuela, 1960, 5c - 70c. SSC # 25



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DARWIN, identified as first one a vampire (Desmodus d'orbgny) feeding on blood of a horse. Cayman Islands, 50c, 1980 - many stamps depicting Darwin are issued.


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DAVID, Sir William Edgeworth, early remarks about stalagmite formation. Australia, 5c, 1968




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EÖTVÖS, Lorand (1848 - 1919). Did cave research in e.g. Dobsina Ice Cave. Hungary, 6Of, 1948




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GOETHE, J. W. Visited and described many caves. Many stamps, certainly from Germany. S.I. # 64 (an extensive article by T. Shaw)



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HAMMER-PUGSTALL, Johan (1774 - 1856). Visited many Slovene caves. Austria, 38, 1981. S.I. #61





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HERNÁNDEZ, José G. (1864 - 1919), explorer of Venezuela caves. Venezuela, 18s, 1966





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HAUFF, Wilhelm, writer, wrote 'Liechtenstein', in which duke Ulrich is kept prisoner in the 'Nebelhöhle', Germany, 4OPf.,1977








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HRDLIČKA, Aleš (1869 -1943), physical anthropologist. His work in/on caves was limited on Aleut mummies. Czechoslovakia, 1.80 kcs, 1969
















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HUMBOLDT, Alexander van. Too well know to be described here. Visited (and described) many caves. Many stamps depict him (Venezuela, Germany and so on)


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HUME, Hamilton (1769-1859). Gave written reports about Australian caves (Wellington Caves). Australia, 18c, 1976







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HUGO, Victor. Wrote in 1843 about the 'Chambre d'Amour', a littoral cave near Biaritz.






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JEFFERSON, Thomas. Wrote 'Notes on the State of Virginia', in which spelean saltpeter is discussed. Made also the first known cave map of the U.S. - Madison's Cave near Grottoes, Virginia (after W. R. Halliday - Depths of the Earth, 1976). About Jefferson' s as U.S. president many publications are available.






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