GEOLOGIST
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
Abraham Gottlob Werner
Abraham Gottlob Werner (German: [ˈaːbʁaham ˈɡɔtloːp ˈvɛʁnɐ]; 25 September 1749 – 30 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism. While most tenets of Neptunism were eventually set aside, Werner is remembered for his demonstration of chronological succession in rocks; for the zeal with which he infused his pupils; and for the impulse he thereby gave to the study of geology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraham Gottlob Werner has received more than 117,586 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Abraham Gottlob Werner is the 14th most popular geologist (up from 15th in 2019), the 250th most popular biography from Poland (up from 279th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Geologist.
Abraham Gottlob Werner was a German geologist and professor at the University of Freiberg. He is most famous for his work on the geological history of the Earth, which he published in 1837.
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Among GEOLOGISTS
Among geologists, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 14 out of 90. Before him are Mary Anning, James Hutton, Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, Francis Beaufort, and Vasily Dokuchaev. After him are William Smith, Beno Gutenberg, Christian Leopold von Buch, Ignacy Domeyko, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, and Giuseppe Mercalli.
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HPI: 64.47
Rank: 8
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HPI: 64.28
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HPI: 63.27
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Francis Beaufort
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HPI: 62.38
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Vasily Dokuchaev
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HPI: 61.55
Rank: 13
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 14
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HPI: 59.07
Rank: 15
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HPI: 58.84
Rank: 16
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HPI: 58.49
Rank: 17
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HPI: 58.36
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1750 - 1801
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 19
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HPI: 57.17
Rank: 20
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1749, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 14. Before him are Domenico Cimarosa, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. After him are Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, Martin Vahl, Georg Joseph Vogler, and Johann Nikolaus Forkel. Among people deceased in 1817, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 14. Before him are Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Fyodor Ushakov, and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg. After him are Nakşidil Sultan, William Bligh, Theroigne de Mericourt, Usman dan Fodio, Étienne Méhul, and Ibrahim Bey.
Others Born in 1749
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COMPOSER
1749 - 1801
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 8
Lorenzo Da Ponte
WRITER
1749 - 1838
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 9
Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe
POLITICIAN
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 10
Daniel Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1749 - 1819
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 11
Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
PAINTER
1749 - 1803
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 12
Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre
MATHEMATICIAN
1749 - 1822
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 13
Abraham Gottlob Werner
GEOLOGIST
1749 - 1817
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 14
Vittorio Alfieri
WRITER
1749 - 1803
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 15
Alexander Radishchev
WRITER
1749 - 1802
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 16
Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois
ACTOR
1749 - 1796
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 17
Martin Vahl
BIOLOGIST
1749 - 1804
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 18
Georg Joseph Vogler
COMPOSER
1749 - 1814
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 19
Johann Nikolaus Forkel
COMPOSER
1749 - 1818
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 20
Others Deceased in 1817
Go to all RankingsMartin Heinrich Klaproth
CHEMIST
1743 - 1817
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 8
Princess Charlotte of Wales
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1817
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 9
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt
WRITER
1784 - 1817
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 10
Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
BIOLOGIST
1727 - 1817
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 11
Fyodor Ushakov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1745 - 1817
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 12
Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1744 - 1817
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 13
Abraham Gottlob Werner
GEOLOGIST
1749 - 1817
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 14
Nakşidil Sultan
POLITICIAN
1768 - 1817
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 15
William Bligh
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1754 - 1817
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 16
Theroigne de Mericourt
POLITICIAN
1762 - 1817
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 17
Usman dan Fodio
PHILOSOPHER
1754 - 1817
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 18
Étienne Méhul
COMPOSER
1763 - 1817
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 19
Ibrahim Bey
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1817
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 20
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 250 out of 1,694. Before him are Martin Agricola (1486), Bolesław Prus (1847), Udo Lattek (1935), Akiba Rubinstein (1880), Anna von Schweidnitz (1339), and Hermann Grassmann (1809). After him are Itzhak Stern (1901), Erich Fellgiebel (1886), Otto Klemperer (1885), Carl Gotthard Langhans (1732), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1848), and Albert Barillé (1920).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsMartin Agricola
COMPOSER
1486 - 1556
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 244
Bolesław Prus
WRITER
1847 - 1912
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 245
Udo Lattek
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2015
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 246
Akiba Rubinstein
CHESS PLAYER
1880 - 1961
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 247
Anna von Schweidnitz
POLITICIAN
1339 - 1362
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 248
Hermann Grassmann
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1877
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 249
Abraham Gottlob Werner
GEOLOGIST
1749 - 1817
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 250
Itzhak Stern
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1901 - 1969
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 251
Erich Fellgiebel
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1944
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 252
Otto Klemperer
CONDUCTOR
1885 - 1973
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 253
Carl Gotthard Langhans
ARCHITECT
1732 - 1808
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 254
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
WRITER
1848 - 1931
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 255
Albert Barillé
WRITER
1920 - 2009
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 256
Among GEOLOGISTS In Poland
Among geologists born in Poland, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 1. After him are Henryk Arctowski (1871).