GEOLOGIST

Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden

1829 - 1887

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Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (September 7, 1829 – December 22, 1887) was an American geologist noted for his pioneering surveying expeditions of the Rocky Mountains in the late 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden has received more than 121,475 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden is the 69th most popular geologist, the 8,454th most popular biography from United States and the 9th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ranks 69 out of 90. Before him are Robert Jameson, Maria Klenova, William Barton Rogers, William Nicol, Ivan Gubkin, and Walter Alvarez. After him are Rinchen Barsbold, Lawrence Lambe, M. King Hubbert, David A. Johnston, Henry De la Beche, and Jens Esmark.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ranks 65. Before him are Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Frederick Sandys, Edwin Long, Isaac Roberts, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, and Théodore Aubanel. After him are William Michael Rossetti, Charles Walter De Vis, Catherine Booth, Thomas Hill, and Roscoe Conkling. Among people deceased in 1887, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ranks 54. Before him are John Taylor, August W. Eichler, Dorothea Dix, Spencer Fullerton Baird, José Rufino Echenique, and Sarah Yorke Jackson. After him are August Spies, Semyon Nadson, Henry Ward Beecher, Joachim IV of Constantinople, Albert Parsons, and Balfour Stewart.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ranks 8,454 out of 20,380. Before him are Judith Krantz (1928), Willie Steele (1923), William Bradford (1755), Theobald Smith (1859), Alex Raymond (1909), and Tim Keller (1950). After him are King Kong Bundy (1955), Julia Morgan (1872), Jeremy Piven (1965), Howard Ashman (1950), Guru (1961), and Ashley Greene (1987).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden ranks 9. Before him are Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Niles Eldredge (1943), Hugo Benioff (1899), James Hall (1811), William Barton Rogers (1804), and Walter Alvarez (1940). After him are M. King Hubbert (1903), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), Judith Curry (1953), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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