GEOLOGIST

Christian Leopold von Buch

1774 - 1853

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Christian Leopold von Buch (26 April 1774 – 4 March 1853), usually cited as Leopold von Buch, was a German geologist and paleontologist born in Stolpe an der Oder (now a part of Angermünde, Brandenburg) and is remembered as one of the most important contributors to geology in the first half of the nineteenth century. His scientific interest was devoted to a broad spectrum of geological topics: volcanism, petrology, fossils, stratigraphy and mountain formation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Leopold von Buch has received more than 42,737 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Christian Leopold von Buch is the 17th most popular geologist (up from 19th in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,751st in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 17 out of 90. Before him are Friedrich Mohs, Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, Abraham Gottlob Werner, William Smith, and Beno Gutenberg. After him are Ignacy Domeyko, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Giuseppe Mercalli, Gideon Mantell, Jean-André Deluc, and William Buckland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 15. Before him are Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, William Henry, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, and Charles Bell. After him are Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall, Robert Southey, Lord William Bentinck, Francis Baily, Matthew Flinders, and Pierre Rode. Among people deceased in 1853, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 11. Before him are Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Bezmiâlem Sultan, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński. After him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Matteo Carcassi, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Leopold Gmelin, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, and Juan Donoso Cortés.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 1,589 out of 7,253. Before him are August Leskien (1840), Richard Glücks (1889), Stéphane Hessel (1917), Max Immelmann (1890), Ernst von Weizsäcker (1882), and Bernard of Saxe-Weimar (1604). After him are Salvian (405), Karl Lachmann (1793), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1800), Herta Bothe (1921), and Princess Josephine of Baden (1813).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among geologists born in Germany, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 4. Before him are Alfred Wegener (1880), Friedrich Mohs (1773), and Beno Gutenberg (1889). After him are 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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