biography
| name: |
Sorby, Henry Clifton
|
| sex:
| male
|
| lived:
| (1826–1908)
|
| biography:
| Geologist and metallurgist, born in Woodbourne, South Yorkshire, N England, UK. He was the first to study rocks in thin sections under the microscope (1849), and he adapted the technique to study metals. He also wrote on biology, architecture, and Egyptian hieroglyphics. |
|
|
