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Alexander Fersman

1883 - 1945

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Alexander Evgenyevich Fersman (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ферсман; 8 November 1883 – 20 May 1945) was a prominent Soviet Russian geochemist and mineralogist, and a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1919–1945). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Fersman has received more than 29,782 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Fersman is the 385th most popular explorer (down from 353rd in 2019), the 1,732nd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,532nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Russian Explorer.

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  • 30k

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  • 48.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Fersman ranks 385 out of 498. Before him are Carl Koldewey, Jørgen Jørgensen, García López de Cárdenas, John Marshall, Benjamin Morrell, and Vasily Chichagov. After him are Lourenço de Almeida, Teoberto Maler, Sámuel Teleki, Étienne Brûlé, Androsthenes of Thasos, and Pyotr Anjou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Alexander Fersman ranks 196. Before him are Marion Lorne, Ernst Stadler, Olav Aukrust, Anthony Wilding, Emil Voigt, and Jens Hundseid. After him are Jonathan M. Wainwright, Gaston Amson, Nora Stanton Barney, Lajos Werkner, Manolis Kalomiris, and Robert Lowie. Among people deceased in 1945, Alexander Fersman ranks 282. Before him are Harry Daghlian, Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, El-Registan, Ferenc Csik, Naoemon Shimizu, and Dorothea Köring. After him are Vilmos Apor, Joe Hunt, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Milton S. Hershey, Johannes Block, and Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Fersman ranks 1,732 out of 3,761. Before him are Vsevolod of Pskov (null), Alexey Miller (1962), Augusts Voss (1919), Alexander Belov (1951), Evgraf Fedorov (1853), and Yrjö Nikkanen (1914). After him are Nikolai Tikhonov (1896), Vladimir Nazlymov (1945), Viktor Zhdanovich (1938), Nikolay Burdenko (1876), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), and Mischa Auer (1905).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Alexander Fersman ranks 22. Before him are Pyotr Kozlov (1862), Dmitry Laptev (1701), Irina Solovyova (1937), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Khariton Laptev (1700), and Pyotr Chikhachyov (1808). After him are Pyotr Anjou (1796), Karl Maximovich (1827), Yakov Sannikov (1780), Boris Vilkitsky (1885), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), and Valerian Albanov (1881).

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