BIOLOGIST

Charles David Keeling

1928 - 2005

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Charles David Keeling (April 20, 1928 – June 20, 2005) was an American scientist whose recording of carbon dioxide at the Mauna Loa Observatory confirmed Svante Arrhenius's proposition (1896) of the possibility of anthropogenic contribution to the greenhouse effect and global warming, by documenting the steadily rising carbon dioxide levels. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles David Keeling has received more than 246,575 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles David Keeling is the 642nd most popular biologist (down from 511th in 2019), the 5,822nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,940th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles David Keeling ranks 642 out of 1,097. Before her are Volcher Coiter, Anna Russell, Michel Félix Dunal, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, William Withering, and David Don. After her are Everard Home, Karl Hugo Strunz, Petter Adolf Karsten, Élie-Abel Carrière, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, and Josef August Schultes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Charles David Keeling ranks 358. Before her are Veijo Meri, William Trevor, Dezső Bundzsák, Miguel Poblet, Ruth Westheimer, and François Remetter. After her are Michel Brault, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Gudrun Pausewang, Frank Rosenblatt, Paul Dooley, and Türkân Akyol. Among people deceased in 2005, Charles David Keeling ranks 198. Before her are Eugene McCarthy, Nirmal Verma, Barrington Moore Jr., Sígfrid Gràcia, Saunders Mac Lane, and Larry Collins. After her are Abdallah Ibrahim, John Love, William Rehnquist, Serge Lang, Ossie Davis, and Jesús Moncada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles David Keeling ranks 5,822 out of 20,380. Before her are Hilary Duff (1987), Colleen Moore (1899), Carl Icahn (1936), Henry E. Holt (1929), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), and Kenneth H. Cooper (1931). After her are Herman Daly (1938), Kevin Conroy (1955), Steve Porcaro (1957), Harry Stenqvist (1893), Eileen Collins (1956), and Jess Willard (1881).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Charles David Keeling ranks 89. Before her are Garrett Hardin (1915), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Jack Horner (1946), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), George C. Williams (1926), and Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856). After her are John du Pont (1938), Mary-Claire King (1946), Walter Sutton (1877), David Starr Jordan (1851), Samuel Garman (1843), and Jane Colden (1724).

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