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Arthur Holmes

1890 - 1965

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Arthur Holmes (14 January 1890 – 20 September 1965) was an English geologist who made two major contributions to the understanding of geology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Holmes has received more than 213,568 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Holmes is the 29th most popular geologist (down from 27th in 2019), the 2,342nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,147th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Geologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Arthur Holmes ranks 29 out of 59. Before him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Vladimir Obruchev, William Buckland, Adam Sedgwick, Richard Kirwan, and Harry Hammond Hess. After him are Albert Heim, Alexander von Keyserling, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Adolphe d'Archiac, Édouard Lartet, and John Phillips.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Arthur Holmes ranks 117. Before him are Henny Porten, Harry Hopkins, Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia, Erik Heinrichs, Gösta Ekman, and Walter Hasenclever. After him are Oswald de Andrade, Mário de Sá-Carneiro, Kazimierz Ajdukiewicz, Frank Morgan, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, and Sigurd Hoel. Among people deceased in 1965, Arthur Holmes ranks 95. Before him are Jānis Balodis, Maria Dąbrowska, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Erik Heinrichs, Judy Holliday, and Vittorio Jano. After him are Ellen Church, Árpád Szakasits, Bob King, Harry Porter, Mostafa El-Nahas, and Clemente Micara.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Holmes ranks 2,342 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Armitage (1971), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), Francis Crozier (1796), Peter Atkins (1940), William Gregor (1761), and Tony Cragg (1949). After him are Snowy White (1948), Ian Hill (1952), Gordon Jackson (1923), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Brenda Milner (1918), and Charles Burney (1726).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Holmes ranks 9. Before him are James Hutton (1726), Eduard Suess (1831), William Smith (1769), Gideon Mantell (1790), William Buckland (1784), and Adam Sedgwick (1785). After him are John Phillips (1800), William Nicol (1770), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), Joseph Thomson (1858), Robert Jameson (1774), and Henry De la Beche (1796).

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