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There are few problems more fascinating than those that are bound up with the bold question: How old is the Earth? With insatiable curiosity men have been trying for thousands of years to penetrate the carefully guarded secret.
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It is perhaps a little indelicate to ask of our Mother Earth her age, but Science acknowledges no shame and from time to time has boldly attempted to wrest from her a secret which is proverbially well guarded.
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Born:
January 14, 1890
Died:
September 20, 1965
(aged 75)
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Prof Arthur Holmes FRS FRSE LLD was a British geologist who made two major contributions to the understanding of geology.
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