GEOLOGIST

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

1829 - 1884

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Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (30 April 1829 – 18 July 1884) was a German-Austrian geologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand von Hochstetter has received more than 45,342 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Hochstetter is the 52nd most popular geologist, the 4,456th most popular biography from Germany and the 8th most popular German Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Ferdinand von Hochstetter ranks 52 out of 90. Before him are Richard Kirwan, Alfred Lacroix, Niles Eldredge, Luigi Palmieri, Gerard De Geer, and Henry Clifton Sorby. After him are Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Oskar Lenz, Hugo Benioff, Joseph Thomson, and Pentti Eskola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Ferdinand von Hochstetter ranks 55. Before him are Jean Dufresne, Alfred Newton, Suzanne Manet, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Lester Allan Pelton, and Edmond Albius. After him are August Malmström, Princess Louise of Prussia, José López Domínguez, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Frederick Sandys, and Edwin Long. Among people deceased in 1884, Ferdinand von Hochstetter ranks 59. Before him are Jean-Augustin Barral, Andon Bedros IX Hassoun, Buenaventura Báez, Daniel Harrwitz, Heinrich Göppert, and Alfred Francis Russell. After him are Judah P. Benjamin, Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, Julius Friedrich Cohnheim, Menyhért Lónyay, Heinrich Laube, and Tomás Frías.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Hochstetter ranks 4,456 out of 7,253. Before him are Eugen Drewermann (1940), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), Horst Stein (1928), Hans von Funck (1891), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), and Helmut Recknagel (1937). After him are Johann Wilhelm Schirmer (1807), Alfred Landé (1888), Helmut Dietl (1944), Martha Mödl (1912), Dankmar Adler (1844), and Martin Bangemann (1934).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Germany

Among geologists born in Germany, Ferdinand von Hochstetter ranks 8. Before him are Friedrich Mohs (1773), Beno Gutenberg (1889), Christian Leopold von Buch (1774), Julius von Haast (1822), Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann (1797), and Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald (1902). After him are Ferdinand Zirkel (1838), Harry Rosenbusch (1836), Oskar Lenz (1848), and Rudolf Geiger (1894).

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