GEOLOGIST

Beno Gutenberg

1889 - 1960

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Beno Gutenberg (; June 4, 1889 – January 25, 1960) was a German-American seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beno Gutenberg has received more than 107,480 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Beno Gutenberg is the 16th most popular geologist (down from 14th in 2019), the 1,509th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,282nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Geologist.

Beno Gutenberg was a German inventor who is most famous for inventing the first movable type printing press.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Beno Gutenberg ranks 16 out of 90. Before him are Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and William Smith. After him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Ignacy Domeyko, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Giuseppe Mercalli, Gideon Mantell, and Jean-André Deluc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Beno Gutenberg ranks 55. Before him are Lyubov Popova, Frank Lentini, Erik Jan Hanussen, Vera Mukhina, Stanislav Kosior, and Sophie Taeuber-Arp. After him are Thomas Midgley Jr., Richard Glücks, Eberhard von Mackensen, Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Zoltán Tildy, and Gunnar Gunnarsson. Among people deceased in 1960, Beno Gutenberg ranks 45. Before him are Otoya Yamaguchi, Norodom Suramarit, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Eddie Cochran, Frank Lloyd, and Jussi Björling. After him are Vicki Baum, Yan Xishan, August Kopff, Feroze Gandhi, Pierre Reverdy, and Salvatore Ferragamo.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Beno Gutenberg ranks 1,509 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Thyssen (1873), Arthur Auwers (1838), Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (1650), Peter von Cornelius (1784), Jupp Derwall (1927), and Wilhelm Müller (1794). After him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria (1319), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), Hans Burgkmair (1473), Wolfram Sievers (1905), Friedrich August Wolf (1759), and Conrad Veidt (1893).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among geologists born in Germany, Beno Gutenberg ranks 3. Before him are Alfred Wegener (1880), and Friedrich Mohs (1773). After him are Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), Julius von Haast (1822), Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797), Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902), Ferdinand von Hochstetter (1829), Ferdinand Zirkel (1838), Harry Rosenbusch (1836), Oskar Lenz (1848), and Rudolf Geiger (1894).

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