The Most Famous
GEOLOGISTS from Russia
This page contains a list of the greatest Russian Geologists. The pantheon dataset contains 59 Geologists, 5 of which were born in Russia. This makes Russia the birth place of the 5th most number of Geologists behind Germany and France.
Top 5
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Russian Geologists of all time. This list of famous Russian Geologists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vasily Dokuchaev (1846 - 1903)
With an HPI of 61.10, Vasily Dokuchaev is the most famous Russian Geologist. His biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.
Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The Ukrainian city of Dokuchaievsk is named after him.
2. Vladimir Obruchev (1863 - 1956)
With an HPI of 53.92, Vladimir Obruchev is the 2nd most famous Russian Geologist. His biography has been translated into 33 different languages.
Vladimir Afanasyevich Obruchev (Russian: Влади́мир Афана́сьевич О́бручев; October 10 [O.S. September 28] 1863 – June 19, 1956) was a Russian and Soviet geologist who specialized in the study of Siberia and Central Asia. He was also one of the first Russian science fiction authors.
3. Alexander Karpinsky (1846 - 1936)
With an HPI of 47.51, Alexander Karpinsky is the 3rd most famous Russian Geologist. His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.
Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (Russian: Александр Петрович Карпинский, trl. Aljeksandr Pjetrovič Karpinskij; 7 January 1847 [O.S. 26 December 1846] – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and later Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917–1936.
4. Maria Klenova (1898 - 1976)
With an HPI of 45.58, Maria Klenova is the 4th most famous Russian Geologist. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.
Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (or Klyonova) (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова; 12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas. Klenova studied to become a professor and later on worked as a member of the Council for Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. During that time she spent nearly thirty years researching in the Polar Regions and become the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica. She joined in the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–57) and worked with ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) at Macquarie Island.
5. Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861 - 1939)
With an HPI of 41.00, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing is the 5th most famous Russian Geologist. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Franz Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (Russian: Фра́нц Юльевич Левинсо́н-Ле́ссинг), or Theodor Levinson-Lessing (March 9, 1861 – October 25, 1939 in St. Petersburg) was a Russian geologist. He graduated from the physico-mathematical faculty of the University of St. Petersburg in 1883, was placed in charge of the geological collection in 1886, and was appointed privat-docent at St. Petersburg University in 1889. In 1892 he became professor, and the next year dean, of the physico-mathematical faculty of Yuryev University (today University of Tartu). Aside from his work on petrography he published also essays in other branches of geology, the result of scientific journeys throughout Russia. An island in the Kara Sea was named after this prominent Russian geologist.
Pantheon has 5 people classified as geologists born between 1846 and 1898. Of these 5, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased geologists include Vasily Dokuchaev, Vladimir Obruchev, and Alexander Karpinsky. As of April 2022, 1 new geologists have been added to Pantheon including Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing.
Deceased Geologists
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Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Vladimir Obruchev
1863 - 1956
HPI: 53.92
Alexander Karpinsky
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Maria Klenova
1898 - 1976
HPI: 45.58
Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing
1861 - 1939
HPI: 41.00
Newly Added Geologists (2022)
Go to all RankingsWhich Geologists were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 5 most globally memorable Geologists since 1700.
