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Edith Farkas

1921 - 1993

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Edith Elizabeth Farkas (13 October 1921 – 3 February 1993) was a New Zealand Antarctic researcher, best known for being the first Hungarian woman and also the first New Zealand MetService female staff member to set foot in Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edith Farkas has received more than 14,264 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edith Farkas is the 594th most popular physician (down from 547th in 2019), the 573rd most popular biography from Hungary (down from 520th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Hungarian Physician.

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  • 47.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Edith Farkas ranks 594 out of 726. Before her are Cecilia Grierson, Ellen S. Baker, Arkady Vorobyov, Matilde Hidalgo, Joel Roberts Poinsett, and Ludwig Traube. After her are Edzard Ernst, John Jeffries, Julieta Lanteri, Greene Vardiman Black, John Ostrom, and Didier Raoult.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Edith Farkas ranks 327. Before her are Egon Jönsson, Richard Egan, Ursula Franklin, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, Ben Bradlee, and Wu Xueqian. After her are Walter Rudin, Nando González, Diana Barrymore, Joe Sutter, Joonas Kokkonen, and Daniel Oduber Quirós. Among people deceased in 1993, Edith Farkas ranks 211. Before her are Akio Kaminaga, Natália Correia, Leslie Charteris, Edwin Vásquez, Roman Abelevich Kachanov, and Ann Todd. After her are Axel von dem Bussche, Lester del Rey, Tahar Djaout, Kenny Drew, Tony Barton, and Hamo Sahyan.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Edith Farkas ranks 573 out of 1,077. Before her are Kálmán Széll (1843), Lajos Tihanyi (1885), Zoltán Mechlovits (1891), György Faludy (1910), István Gulyás (1931), and Csaba Fenyvesi (1943). After her are András Balczó (1938), Anna Sipos (1908), Joe Eszterhas (1944), György Bródy (1908), Tibor Berczelly (1912), and Imre Varga (1923).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Hungary

Among physicians born in Hungary, Edith Farkas ranks 9. Before her are Kálmán Kalocsay (1891), Gabor Maté (1944), Thomas Szasz (1920), Moritz Kaposi (1837), Eva Klein (1925), and Emil Zuckerkandl (1849). After her are Gabriele Possanner (1860), Vilma Hugonnai (1847), and Jenő Kamuti (1937).

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