J Harlen Bretz Professions : Geologist Born : September 2, 1882 Died : February 3, 1981 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by J Harlen Bretz Ideas without precedent are generally looked upon with disfavor and men are shocked if their conceptions of an orderly world challenged. J Harlen Bretz intellectual men ideas It was a debacle which swept the Columbia Plateau. J Harlen Bretz debacles columbia Similar Authors Archibald Geikie geologist Alfred Harker geologist Bernhard von Cotta geologist Douglas Mawson geologist Ian Plimer geologist Hugh Miller geologist All Authors