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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 39,814 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Christian Leopold von Buch is the 19th most popular geologist (down from 16th in 2019), the 1,752nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,479th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 19 out of 59. Before him are Vasily Dokuchaev, Beno Gutenberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, William Smith, Ignacy Domeyko, and Gideon Mantell. After him are Giuseppe Mercalli, John Tuzo Wilson, Jean-André Deluc, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Vladimir Obruchev, and William Buckland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 14. Before him are Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Charles Bell, William Henry, and Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall. After him are Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Matthew Flinders, Lord William Bentinck, Francis Baily, Robert Southey, and Pierre Rode. Among people deceased in 1853, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 15. Before him are Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Matteo Carcassi, Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Leopold Gmelin, and Juan Donoso Cortés. After him are Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Julius Jacob von Haynau, Andries Pretorius, and Frédéric Ozanam.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Leopold von Buch ranks 1,752 out of 6,142. Before him are Heino (1938), Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898), Adolph Freiherr Knigge (1752), Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (1889), Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony (1730), and Johannes Sturm (1507). After him are Hans Staden (1525), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Meinhard III, Count of Gorizia-Tyrol (1344), Franz Pfeffer von Salomon (1888), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), and Wolfgang Borchert (1921).

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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 Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797), Julius von Haast (1822), Ferdinand Zirkel (1838), and Oskar Lenz (1848).

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