BIOLOGIST

Carl-Gustaf Rossby

1898 - 1957

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Carl-Gustaf Arvid Rossby (Swedish pronunciation: [kɑːɭ ˈɡɵ̂sːtav ˈǎrːvɪd ˈrɔ̌sːbʏ] 28 December 1898 – 19 August 1957) was a Swedish-born American meteorologist who first explained the large-scale motions of the atmosphere in terms of fluid mechanics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl-Gustaf Rossby has received more than 60,475 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl-Gustaf Rossby is the 630th most popular biologist (down from 445th in 2019), the 626th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 458th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl-Gustaf Rossby ranks 630 out of 1,097. Before him are Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Magnus Manske, Jean Victoir Audouin, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Émile Duclaux, and Adam Lonicer. After him are René Maire, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Adrien René Franchet, Nikolay Drozdov, and Volcher Coiter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Carl-Gustaf Rossby ranks 177. Before him are Therese Giehse, Simon Vestdijk, Masuji Ibuse, Erik Abrahamsson, Clemente Biondetti, and Mitchell Leisen. After him are Vilho Lampi, Allen Woodring, Henry Luce, Arthur Legat, Jascha Horenstein, and Eben Dönges. Among people deceased in 1957, Carl-Gustaf Rossby ranks 150. Before him are Norma Talmadge, Ted Meredith, Wilhelm Nusselt, Mark Aldanov, Heinrich Campendonk, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli. After him are P. C. Chang, Leopold Staff, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Alice Milliat, Mstislav Dobuzhinsky, and Viggo Larsen.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl-Gustaf Rossby ranks 626 out of 1,879. Before him are Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Julia Beck (1853), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), Elisabeth Söderström (1927), Ture Nerman (1886), and Petra Mede (1970). After him are Mikael Håfström (1960), Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway (1155), Freddie Ljungberg (1977), Harry Andersson (1913), Krister Kristensson (1942), and Hillevi Rombin (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Carl-Gustaf Rossby ranks 27. Before him are Charles De Geer (1720), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856), Karl Rudolphi (1771), and Nils Johan Andersson (1821). After him are Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Astrid Cleve (1875), Carl Skottsberg (1880), and Johan Andreas Murray (1740).

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