The Most Famous
Geologists from Canada
This page contains a list of the greatest Canadians Geologists. The pantheon dataset contains 90 Geologists, 6 of which were born in Canada. This makes Canada the birth place of the 6th most number of Geologists behind France and Russia.
Top 6 Canadian Geologists
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Canadians Geologists of all time. This list of famous Canadians Geologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
- #1
Norman L. Bowen
1887 - 1956
HPI 61.5026 langsCanadian geologist (1887-1956)
- #2
John Tuzo Wilson
1908 - 1993
HPI 60.6328 langsCanadian geologist (1908–1993)
- #3
Lawrence Lambe
1863 - 1919
HPI 58.1318 langsCanadian geologist and palaeontologist from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC)
- #4
Reginald Aldworth Daly
1871 - 1957
HPI 55.7617 langsCanadian geologist (1871–1957)
- #5
William Edmond Logan
1798 - 1875
HPI 49.5615 langsBritish-Canadian geologist (1798–1875)
- #6
Claudia Alexander
1959 - 2015
HPI 44.7217 langsAmerican geophysicist and planetary scientist (1959-2015)
Overlapping Lives
Which Geologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Geologists since 1700.
