GEOLOGIST

David A. Johnston

1949 - 1980

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David Alexander Johnston (December 18, 1949 – May 18, 1980) was an American United States Geological Survey (USGS) volcanologist who was killed by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in the U.S. state of Washington. A principal scientist on the USGS monitoring team, Johnston was killed in the eruption while manning an observation post six miles (10 km) away on the morning of May 18, 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David A. Johnston has received more than 1,575,606 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David A. Johnston is the 73rd most popular geologist (down from 58th in 2019), the 8,871st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,812th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Geologist.

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  • 2.96

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, David A. Johnston ranks 73 out of 90. Before him are Ivan Gubkin, Walter Alvarez, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, Lawrence Lambe, and M. King Hubbert. After him are Henry De la Beche, Jens Esmark, Paul Niggli, Daniel Barringer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, and Rudolf Geiger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David A. Johnston ranks 551. Before him are Armin Shimerman, Mavuba Mafuila, Hildegard Falck, Jack McGee, John Farnham, and Michael Hogan. After him are Roy Andersson, Keto Losaberidze, Richard Neal, Serhiy Novikov, Aleksandar Tomov, and Erwin Kremers. Among people deceased in 1980, David A. Johnston ranks 259. Before him are Louis Guilloux, Alice Roosevelt Longworth, Keijo Liinamaa, Hans Wetterström, Louis Neefs, and Alberto Soria. After him are Walter Susskind, Mustapha Choukri, Ilie Subășeanu, Walter Kaufmann, David Marr, and Domingo Acedo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David A. Johnston ranks 8,871 out of 20,380. Before him are John Powell (1947), Laura Secord (1775), Garrett Hedlund (1984), Rick Carlisle (1959), Mark Coleman (1964), and Herbert E. Ives (1882). After him are Alan Eustace (1957), Robert A. Parker (1936), Maya Rudolph (1972), Eric Stonestreet (1971), Michael D. Coe (1929), and Richard Arlen (1899).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, David A. Johnston ranks 11. Before him are Hugo Benioff (1899), James Hall (1811), William Barton Rogers (1804), Walter Alvarez (1940), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), and M. King Hubbert (1903). After him are Daniel Barringer (1860), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), Judith Curry (1953), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Michael E. Mann (1965).

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