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Erich von Drygalski

1865 - 1949

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Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈdaːɡobɛʁt fɔn dʁyˈɡalski]; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at the University of Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig. He graduated with a doctorate thesis about ice shields in Nordic areas. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich von Drygalski has received more than 71,206 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Erich von Drygalski is the 46th most popular geographer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 1,068th most popular biography from Russia (down from 756th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Geographer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Erich von Drygalski ranks 46 out of 67. Before him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Otto Nordenskjöld, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Marie Tharp, Inō Tadataka, and Richard Hartshorne. After him are Johann Gottlieb Georgi, Pedro Reinel, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Conrad Malte-Brun, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Giovanni Battista Ramusio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Erich von Drygalski ranks 99. Before him are Emma Eckstein, Epitácio Pessoa, Édouard Chavannes, Lubor Niederle, Emma Orczy, and Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil. After him are Henri Lebasque, Pierre Weiss, Cândido Rondon, May Whitty, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, and Winnaretta Singer. Among people deceased in 1949, Erich von Drygalski ranks 94. Before him are Otto Nerz, Jankel Adler, Antoun Saadeh, Nikos Skalkottas, Nuri Killigil, and Wallace Beery. After him are Walter Short, Douglas Hyde, Amadeo Giannini, Frank Morgan, Maria Ouspenskaya, and Leonor Michaelis.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Erich von Drygalski ranks 1,068 out of 3,262. Before him are Kir Bulychev (1934), Fyodor Sergeyev (1883), Sergei Yutkevich (1904), Valentin Varennikov (1923), Valery Nepomnyashchy (1943), and Vsevolod Bobrov (1922). After him are Alexander Kutepov (1882), Aleksei Chirikov (1703), Philip William, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt (1669), Nikolay Rumyantsev (1754), Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890), and Boris Pilnyak (1894).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Russia

Among geographers born in Russia, Erich von Drygalski ranks 3. Before him are Wladimir Köppen (1846) and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827). After him are Yuly Shokalsky (1856).

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