GEOLOGIST

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz

1887 - 1966

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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (30 July 1887 – 10 August 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist. He is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity (gravimetry). Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea, which led him to the discovery of gravity anomalies above the ocean floor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felix Andries Vening Meinesz has received more than 38,167 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Andries Vening Meinesz is the 60th most popular geologist (down from 52nd in 2019), the 800th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 687th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 60 out of 90. Before him are Harry Rosenbusch, Oskar Lenz, Hugo Benioff, Joseph Thomson, Pentti Eskola, and James Hall. After him are Archibald Geikie, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Robert Jameson, Maria Klenova, William Barton Rogers, and William Nicol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 227. Before him are Martín Luis Guzmán, Guðjón Samúelsson, Jacob L. Devers, Rudolph Schindler, Victor d'Arcy, and Carl Ebert. After him are Monte Blue, Ahmet Haşim, Erich Hecke, Arvo Ylppö, Walter Johnson, and Carl Blegen. Among people deceased in 1966, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 174. Before him are Frank O'Hara, Herbert Marshall, Wallace Ford, Bernard Schmetz, Paula Strasberg, and Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi. After him are Verna Felton, Alma Cogan, Avtandil Koridze, Áron Tamási, Jakub Szynkiewicz, and Zoltán Ozoray Schenker.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 800 out of 1,646. Before him are Gerrie Knetemann (1951), Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860), Renée Soutendijk (1957), Theo Heemskerk (1852), Winston Bogarde (1970), and Michael Bleekemolen (1949). After him are Betty Stöve (1945), Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma (1970), Rineke Dijkstra (1959), Jan Flinterman (1919), David Alexandre Winter (1943), and Henriette Roland Holst (1869).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among geologists born in Netherlands, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 1. 

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