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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 76,460 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Erich von Drygalski is the 43rd most popular geographer (up from 46th in 2019), the 856th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,066th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Erich von Drygalski ranks 43 out of 86. Before him are Jodocus Hondius, Alfred Hettner, Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Otto Nordenskjöld, Johann Georg Gmelin, and Conrad Malte-Brun. After him are Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Marie Tharp, Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani, Jan Janssonius, Yi-Fu Tuan, and Inō Tadataka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Erich von Drygalski ranks 75. Before him are John Stanley Plaskett, Isaac Israëls, Henri Desgrange, J. Walter Christie, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, and James Henry Breasted. After him are Eduardo di Capua, Archibald Leitch, Heinrich Rubens, Eugene Botkin, Pēteris Stučka, and Johannes Franz Hartmann. Among people deceased in 1949, Erich von Drygalski ranks 69. Before him are Alejandro Lerroux, Félix d'Herelle, Wakatsuki Reijirō, Husni al-Za'im, Laura Montoya, and Alexey Shchusev. After him are Koçi Xoxe, Momčilo Tapavica, Traicho Kostov, Sam Wood, Carlo Galetti, and Josep Maria Jujol.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Erich von Drygalski ranks 856 out of 3,761. Before him are Yakov Sinai (1935), Vladimir Kokovtsov (1853), Lidia Ruslanova (1900), Yekaterina Budanova (1916), Tatiana Samoilova (1934), and Ludmila Belousova (1935). After him are Vyacheslav Zudov (1942), Walter Krupinski (1920), Alexander Kotov (1913), Aleksei Gubarev (1931), Pavel Tretyakov (1832), and Vladimir Ilyushin (1927).

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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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