1724 - 1793
Anton Friedrich Büsching (27 September 1724 – 28 May 1793) was a German geographer, historian, educator and theologian. His Erdbeschreibung ("Earth description") was the first geographical work of any scientific merit. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Friedrich Büsching has received more than 18,346 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Friedrich Büsching is the 62nd most popular geographer (down from 54th in 2019), the 3,897th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,408th in 2019) and the 10th most popular German Geographer.
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Among geographers, Anton Friedrich Büsching ranks 62 out of 67. Before him are Guillaume Delisle, Hans Meyer, Vaclav Smil, Ellen Churchill Semple, Adolf Stieler, and Torsten Hägerstrand. After him are Doreen Massey, John Walter Gregory, Curt von François, Ellsworth Huntington, Carl O. Sauer, and Yuly Shokalsky.
1675 - 1726
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 56
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 57
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 58
1863 - 1932
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 59
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 60
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 61
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 62
1944 - 2016
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 63
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 64
1852 - 1931
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 65
1876 - 1947
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 66
1889 - 1975
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 67
1856 - 1940
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1724, Anton Friedrich Büsching ranks 27. Before him are Claude Balbastre, John Smeaton, Louis-Jean-François Lagrenée, Dai Zhen, Johann Julius Walbaum, and Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood. After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1793, Anton Friedrich Büsching ranks 41. Before him are Karl Philipp Moritz, Charles de Bonchamps, Leopold Hofmann, Katsukawa Shunshō, Timur Shah Durrani, and Roger Sherman. After him are Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Peter Perez Burdett, William Robertson, and Gilbert White.
1724 - 1799
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 21
1724 - 1792
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 22
1724 - 1805
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 23
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 24
1724 - 1799
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 25
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 26
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 27
1724 - 1808
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 28
1724 - 1803
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 29
1724 - 1766
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 30
1756 - 1793
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 35
1760 - 1793
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 36
1738 - 1793
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 37
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 38
1748 - 1793
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 39
1721 - 1793
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 40
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 41
1730 - 1793
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 42
1734 - 1793
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 43
1721 - 1793
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 44
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 45
Among people born in Germany, Anton Friedrich Büsching ranks 3,897 out of 6,142. Before him are Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), Paul du Bois-Reymond (1831), Heinrich Gelzer (1847), Princess Caroline of Great Britain (1713), Ellen Preis (1912), and Johann Beckmann (1739). After him are Leopold Andrian (1875), Heinz Kwiatkowski (1926), Frederic Lewy (1885), Adolf Friedrich von Schack (1815), Johann Karl Burckhardt (1773), and Oskar von Miller (1855).
1928 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,891
1831 - 1889
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 3,892
1847 - 1906
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,893
1713 - 1757
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,894
1912 - 2007
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 3,895
1739 - 1811
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3,896
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3,897
1875 - 1951
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3,898
1926 - 2008
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 3,899
1885 - 1950
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 3,900
1815 - 1894
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,901
1773 - 1825
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,902
1855 - 1934
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,903
Among geographers born in Germany, Anton Friedrich Büsching ranks 10. Before him are Sebastian Münster (1488), Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Hans Meyer (1858), and Adolf Stieler (1775).
1488 - 1552
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 4
1858 - 1945
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5
1859 - 1941
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 6
1709 - 1755
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 7
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 8
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 9
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 10