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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 1,479,713 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David A. Johnston is the 59th most popular geologist, the 7,827th most popular biography from United States and the 7th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, David A. Johnston ranks 59 out of 59. Before him are Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, James Hall, Maria Klenova, Joseph Thomson, and Anna Missuna. After him are Daniel Barringer, Lawrence Lambe, Walter Alvarez, Robert Jameson, Hugo Benioff, and Reginald Aldworth Daly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, David A. Johnston ranks 462. Before him are Anatoliy Konkov, Marie-George Buffet, Larisa Petrik, Yuri Baturin, Jahn Teigen, and Michael Bleekemolen. After him are Antonello Cuccureddu, Lauren Shuler Donner, Michael Häupl, Han Duck-soo, Oleg Atkov, and Tommy Lee Wallace. Among people deceased in 1980, David A. Johnston ranks 229. Before him are Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Ragnar Gustavsson, Félix Welkenhuysen, Larry Williams, Carlo Annovazzi, and Max Miedinger. After him are William Gemmell Cochran, Dorothy Stratten, Enrique Hertzog, Strother Martin, Uttam Kumar, and Professor Longhair.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David A. Johnston ranks 7,827 out of 18,182. Before him are Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), Rob Bourdon (1979), Ralph Metcalfe (1910), Sean Lennon (1975), Mary Carlisle (1914), and Wendell Corey (1914). After him are Shane McMahon (1970), Michael Cohen (1966), Richard Lewis (1947), Harvey Fierstein (1954), Robin Hartshorne (1938), and Howard Hesseman (1940).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, David A. Johnston ranks 7. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), M. King Hubbert (1903), and James Hall (1811). After him are Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Michael E. Mann (1965).

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