GEOLOGIST

Archibald Geikie

1835 - 1924

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Sir Archibald Geikie (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archibald Geikie has received more than 78,088 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Archibald Geikie is the 61st most popular geologist (down from 41st in 2019), the 3,905th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,575th in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Geologist.

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  • 54.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Archibald Geikie ranks 61 out of 90. Before him are Oskar Lenz, Hugo Benioff, Joseph Thomson, Pentti Eskola, James Hall, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. After him are Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Robert Jameson, Maria Klenova, William Barton Rogers, William Nicol, and Ivan Gubkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Archibald Geikie ranks 77. Before him are Eduardo Pondal, Osbert Salvin, Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Johannes Wislicenus, Ramón Barros Luco, and Theodore Thomas. After him are Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Gregorio María Aguirre y García, Richard Andree, Wilhelm Rudolph Fittig, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, and Richard Olney. Among people deceased in 1924, Archibald Geikie ranks 113. Before him are Joseph Timchenko, Louis Perrée, Ragna Nielsen, Vlastimil Tusar, Josef Labor, and Konrad Hirsch. After him are Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Josefine Swoboda, William Hemsley, Wollert Konow, Sándor Bródy, and Lloyd Hildebrand.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archibald Geikie ranks 3,905 out of 8,785. Before him are David McKee (1935), Charles Bennett (1870), John Taylor (1960), William Townsend Aiton (1766), Guy Butler (1899), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858). After him are Richard Attwood (1940), Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880), David Jason (1940), Ray Reardon (1932), Julian Richings (1955), and Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar (940).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Archibald Geikie ranks 13. Before him are William Buckland (1784), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Phillips (1800), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), and Joseph Thomson (1858). After him are Robert Jameson (1774), William Nicol (1770), Henry De la Beche (1796), Charles Lapworth (1842), and Dan McKenzie (1942).

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