Editing Grove Karl Gilbert (section)

{{Short description|American geologist (1843–1918)}}
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{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Grove Karl Gilbert
| image             = Grove Karl Gilbert 0129.jpg
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| birth_date        = {{birth date|1843|5|6}}
| birth_place       = [[Rochester, New York]]
| death_date        = {{death date and age|1918|5|1|1843|5|6}}
| death_place       = [[Jackson, Michigan]]
| citizenship       = 
| nationality       = [[Americans|American]]
| field             = [[Geology]]
| work_institutions = 
| alma_mater        = [[University of Rochester]]
| doctoral_advisor  = 
| doctoral_students = 
| known_for         = [[River delta#Gilbert deltas|Gilbert delta]]<br /> [[Impact crater|Crater studies]]<br />[[Epeirogenic movement]]<br />[[Geology of the Rocky Mountains]]<br />[[Cycle of erosion]]
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| prizes            = [[Wollaston Medal]] {{small|(1900)}}<br>[[Charles P. Daly Medal]] <small>(1910)</small>
| footnotes         = 
| signature         = Signature of Grove Karl Gilbert.png 
}}

'''Grove Karl Gilbert''' (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name '''G. K. Gilbert''' in academic literature, was an American [[geologist]].