GEOLOGIST

Gerard De Geer

1858 - 1943

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Baron Gerard Jacob De Geer (20 November 1858 – 24 July 1943) was a Swedish geologist who made significant contributions to Quaternary geology, particularly geomorphology and geochronology. De Geer is best known for his work on varves. In 1890 De Geer was the first to apply the name Ancylus Lake to the Baltic paleolake discovered by Henrik Munthe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerard De Geer has received more than 29,396 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerard De Geer is the 50th most popular geologist, the 692nd most popular biography from Sweden and the most popular Swedish Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Gerard De Geer ranks 50 out of 90. Before him are Henryk Arctowski, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Richard Kirwan, Alfred Lacroix, Niles Eldredge, and Luigi Palmieri. After him are Henry Clifton Sorby, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Oskar Lenz, and Hugo Benioff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Gerard De Geer ranks 107. Before him are Stoyan Danev, George Albert Boulenger, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Georges Courteline, Albert Samain, and Yukio Ozaki. After him are Henry Scott Tuke, Eva Nansen, Take Ionescu, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Rosa Mayreder, and Juan Luis Sanfuentes. Among people deceased in 1943, Gerard De Geer ranks 161. Before him are Nils Dardel, Elise Richter, Wilhelm Geiger, Attila Petschauer, Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, and Géo André. After him are Seigō Nakano, Nikolai Avksentiev, Robert W. Paul, Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, and Aristarkh Lentulov.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Gerard De Geer ranks 692 out of 1,879. Before him are Conny Andersson (1939), Ingvar Rydell (1922), Gunder Bengtsson (1946), Nils Rosén (1902), Erik Malmberg (1897), and Ernst Alexanderson (1878). After him are Birgit Cullberg (1908), Klas Ingesson (1968), Ulrika Pasch (1735), Sven Landberg (1888), Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland (1852), and May-Louise Flodin (1934).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among geologists born in Sweden, Gerard De Geer ranks 1. 

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