Guyot, Arnold Henry
Arnold Henry Guyot (September 28, 1807 - February 8, 1884) was a Swiss-American geologist and geographer. Though he intended to join the ministry, he instead became enamored of the natural sciences, working with close friend Louis Agassiz and forming a connection with the famed scientist Alexander von Humboldt. At Agassiz’s urging, Guyot studied glaciers in the Swiss Alps and presented the fruit of his work, the first important study on glacial motion, to the Geological Society of France. He became professor of history and geography at the College of Neuchâtel. On its closing, he emigrated to the United States with his mother, sister, and nephew, the draftsman Ernest Sandoz. There, he became a lecturer at the Lowell Institute and, later, a professor of geography and geology at Princeton. During his professorship, he worked for the Smithsonian Institution to develop a national meteorological system that led to the formation of the United States Weather Bureau. He also produced several textbooks, as well as a series of educational wall maps. Guyot produced maps in conjunction with his nephew from about 1857 to 1881. His work with Sandoz included the first detailed maps of the Catskills and the Southern Appalachians.
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