GEOLOGIST

Daniel Barringer

1860 - 1929

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Daniel Barringer (May 25, 1860 – November 30, 1929) was a geologist best known as the first person to prove the existence of an impact crater on the Earth, Meteor Crater in Arizona. The site has been renamed the Barringer Crater in his honor, which is the preferred name used in the scientific community. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Barringer has received more than 4,165 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Barringer is the 77th most popular geologist (down from 59th in 2019), the 9,423rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,935th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Daniel Barringer ranks 77 out of 90. Before him are Lawrence Lambe, M. King Hubbert, David A. Johnston, Henry De la Beche, Jens Esmark, and Paul Niggli. After him are Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rudolf Geiger, Andrey Arkhangelsky, Judith Curry, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, and Reginald Aldworth Daly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, Daniel Barringer ranks 136. Before him are Frederick Rolfe, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Emily Hobhouse, Grigory Grum-Grshimailo, Chandramukhi Basu, and Joseph Cook. After him are Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun, Leonard Wood, Ekaterina Karavelova, James Neill, and Gregorio Aglipay. Among people deceased in 1929, Daniel Barringer ranks 131. Before him are Antoni Lange, Ödön Tersztyánszky, Otokar Březina, Sigurd Jørgensen, Karel van de Woestijne, and Jean-Baptiste Mimiague. After him are Juan Antonio Escurra, José Vicente Concha, Queenie Newall, Robert Reid, Nurkhon Yuldashkhojayeva, and Gladys Brockwell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Barringer ranks 9,423 out of 20,380. Before him are Danny Carey (1961), Charles Sumner (1811), Edward S. Holden (1846), Buddy Miles (1947), Joe Fulks (1921), and Elsie Janis (1889). After him are George Beauchamp (1899), Brandon Routh (1979), Dickey Betts (1943), Jason Lewis (1971), Nelson Riddle (1921), and Dustin Poirier (1989).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Daniel Barringer ranks 12. Before him are James Hall (1811), William Barton Rogers (1804), Walter Alvarez (1940), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), M. King Hubbert (1903), and David A. Johnston (1949). After him are Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), Judith Curry (1953), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Michael E. Mann (1965).

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