Henry Clifton Sorby

Henry Clifton Sorby was an English amateur microscopist and geologist. His major contribution was the development of techniques for thin sectioning of rocks and minerals with polarized light under a microscope which was also extended to study iron and steel, his family having been involved in the Sheffield iron and…

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Who was born first?

• Henry Clifton Sorby and Stanislao Cannizzaro were born the same year
• Henry Clifton Sorby and Bernhard Riemann were born the same year
• Henry Clifton Sorby and Richard Christopher Carrington were born the same year
• Henry Clifton Sorby and Giovanni Battista Donati were born the same year
• Henry Clifton Sorby and Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen were born the same year

Timeline

1. Bernhard RiemannSeptember 17, 1826 – July 20, 1866
2. Giovanni Battista DonatiDecember 16, 1826 – September 1873
3. Hans Peter Jørgen Julius ThomsenFebruary 16, 1826 – February 13, 1909
4. Henry Clifton Sorby (this page)May 10, 1826 – March 9, 1908
5. Richard Christopher CarringtonMay 26, 1826 – November 27, 1875
6. Stanislao CannizzaroJuly 13, 1826 – May 10, 1910

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