1831 - 1914
Eduard Suess (German: [ˈeːduaʁt zyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eduard Suess has received more than 192,669 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Eduard Suess is the 11th most popular geologist, the 621st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 607th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Geologist.
Eduard Suess is most famous for his work in geology. His most important work is his book "The Face of the Earth."
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Among geologists, Eduard Suess ranks 11 out of 59. Before him are Mary Anning, Inge Lehmann, Milutin Milanković, James Hutton, Andrija Mohorovičić, and Friedrich Mohs. After him are Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, Beno Gutenberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, William Smith, and Ignacy Domeyko.
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1888 - 1993
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 6
1879 - 1958
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 7
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 8
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 9
1773 - 1839
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 10
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 12
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 13
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 14
1749 - 1817
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 15
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 16
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 17
Among people born in 1831, Eduard Suess ranks 14. Before him are James A. Garfield, Cheoljong of Joseon, Leo von Caprivi, Richard Dedekind, Savitribai Phule, and Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. After him are Joseph Joachim, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Johann Martin Schleyer, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Albert Anker. Among people deceased in 1914, Eduard Suess ranks 18. Before him are Jean Jaurès, Georg Trakl, Ismail Gaspirali, August Macke, Maximilian von Spee, and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk. After him are Ambrose Bierce, Alphonse Bertillon, Alexander Samsonov, Georges Picquart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Joseph Chamberlain.
1831 - 1881
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 8
1831 - 1864
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 9
1831 - 1899
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 10
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 11
1831 - 1897
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
1831 - 1896
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 13
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 14
1831 - 1907
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 15
1831 - 1903
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 16
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 17
1831 - 1912
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 18
1831 - 1909
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 19
1831 - 1910
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1859 - 1914
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
1887 - 1914
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 13
1851 - 1914
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 14
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 15
1861 - 1914
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 16
1851 - 1914
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 17
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 18
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 19
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 20
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 21
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 22
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 23
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 24
Among people born in United Kingdom, Eduard Suess ranks 621 out of 7,765. Before him are Jonathan Pryce (1947), Tilda Swinton (1960), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), John Buchan (1875), Offa of Mercia (800), and Philip Miller (1691). After him are Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), Robert Peel (1788), Diana Wynne Jones (1934), Bill Nighy (1949), Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), and Julian Huxley (1887).
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 615
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 616
1868 - 1928
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 617
1875 - 1940
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 618
800 - 796
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 619
1691 - 1771
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 620
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 621
1897 - 1965
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 622
1788 - 1850
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 623
1934 - 2011
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 624
1949 - Present
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 625
1596 - 1662
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 626
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 627
Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Eduard Suess ranks 4. Before him are Charles Lyell (1797), Mary Anning (1799), and James Hutton (1726). After him are William Smith (1769), Gideon Mantell (1790), William Buckland (1784), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Phillips (1800), William Nicol (1770), and Henry Clifton Sorby (1826).
1797 - 1875
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 1
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 2
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 3
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 4
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 6
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 7
1785 - 1873
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 8
1890 - 1965
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 9
1800 - 1874
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 10
1770 - 1851
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 11
1826 - 1908
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 12