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Ignacy Domeyko

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Profession
Geologist
Died
Jan 23, 1889
Zodiac
Leo
Born in
Belarus
About
Polish geologist and meteorologist who contributed to mining technology and introduced Latin America to the metric system. Many things have been named in his honor, including the mineral domeykite, the shellfish, Nautilus domeykus, and the asteroid 2784 Domeyko.
Family
His father was a Polish-speaking Lithuanian nobleman.

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