List of glaciologists

Glaciology first emerged as a science in the Swiss Alps, where most of the first glaciologists lived. Since then glaciologists from several countries, particularly from the First World, have made notable contributions to the discipline. Many glaciologists have backgrounds in geology, physics and climatology.

Name	Birth	Death	Contributions
Louis Agassiz	1807	1873	First to scientifically propose the existence of past ice ages
Jens Esmark	1763	1839	Extension of past glaciations
Jón Eyþórsson	1898	1968	Long-term observation and measurement of glacier margins in Iceland
Andrea Fischer	1973		Dynamics of climate change on the surface and subsurface of glaciers
James David Forbes	1809	1868	Concluded that glaciers were viscous bodies
Louis Lliboutry	1922	2007	Formation of penitentes, surveyed Andean glaciers
Mark Meier		2012	Expert on sea level rise due to melting glaciers; Director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research from 1985 to 1994.
Ukichiro Nakaya	1900	1962	Studied Tyndall figures, created first artificial snowflakes
Louis Rendu	1789	1859	Theorized on glacier motion
Valter Schytt	1919	1985	Studied Storglaciären in northern Sweden
Wilhelm Sievers	1860	1921	Documented South American ice ages
Sigurður Þórarinsson	1912	1983	significant contributions in many areas of geology, especially volcanology and glaciology, both in Iceland and abroad.
John Tyndall	1820	1893	Studied glacier motion
Ignaz Venetz	1788	1859	Suggested the existence of past ice ages
Mary Vaux Walcott	1860	1940	Amateur glaciologist who studied and documented changes to the Illecillewaet Glacier for 25 years