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Barnum Brown

1873 - 1963

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Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 – February 5, 1963), commonly referred to as Mr. Bones, was an American paleontologist. Named after the circus showman P. T. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barnum Brown has received more than 210,718 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Barnum Brown is the 38th most popular geologist (up from 426th in 2019), the 5,221st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,035th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Geologist.

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  • 210k

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  • 48.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Barnum Brown ranks 38 out of 59. Before him are Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Adolphe d'Archiac, Édouard Lartet, John Phillips, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, and Giovanni Arduino. After him are William Nicol, Joachim Barrande, Pentti Eskola, Niles Eldredge, Norman L. Bowen, and Julius von Haast.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Barnum Brown ranks 117. Before him are Antun Gustav Matoš, Max Švabinský, Richard von Kühlmann, A. K. Fazlul Huq, Olav Bjaaland, and William D. Coolidge. After him are Nikolay Bauman, Wojciech Korfanty, Hamida Javanshir, Antonín Švehla, Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich, and Rudolf Tobias. Among people deceased in 1963, Barnum Brown ranks 114. Before him are Fernando Tambroni, Erich Ollenhauer, Melville J. Herskovits, Benny Moré, Mary Agnes Chase, and Hugh O'Flaherty. After him are Shinobu Ishihara, Marie Marvingt, Wladimir Aïtoff, Ulises Saucedo, John Farrow, and Aleksandr Gerasimov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barnum Brown ranks 5,221 out of 18,182. Before him are Tammy Wynette (1942), Nathan Lane (1956), Ted Neeley (1943), Frank Churchill (1901), Nathanael West (1903), and Robert Taylor (1932). After him are Moe Tucker (1944), George Pickett (1825), Paul W. Merrill (1887), Nathan East (1955), T. C. Boyle (1948), and Biz Stone (1974).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Barnum Brown ranks 3. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900) and Harry Hammond Hess (1906). After him are Niles Eldredge (1943), M. King Hubbert (1903), James Hall (1811), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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