GEOLOGIST

Abraham Gottlob Werner

1749 - 1817

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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 119,774 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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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.

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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).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Poland

Among geologists born in Poland, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 1. After him are Henryk Arctowski (1871).

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