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GEOLOGIST

Giuseppe Mercalli

1850 - 1914

Giuseppe Mercalli

Giuseppe Mercalli (21 May 1850 – 19 March 1914) was an Italian volcanologist and Catholic priest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giuseppe Mercalli has received more than 103,711 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Giuseppe Mercalli is the 20th most popular geologist (down from 17th in 2019), the 1,750th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,689th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Geologist.

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100k
Page Views (PV)
56.62
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
28
Languages Editions (L)
6.19
Effective Languages (L*)
2.24
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Giuseppe Mercalli ranks 20 out of 59. Before him are Beno Gutenberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, William Smith, Ignacy Domeyko, Gideon Mantell, and Christian Leopold von Buch. After him are John Tuzo Wilson, Jean-André Deluc, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Vladimir Obruchev, William Buckland, and Adam Sedgwick.

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Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 14
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 15
William Smith
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 16
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 17
Gideon Mantell
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 18
Christian Leopold von Buch
1774 - 1853
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 19
Giuseppe Mercalli
1850 - 1914
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 20
John Tuzo Wilson
1908 - 1993
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 21
Jean-André Deluc
1727 - 1817
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 22
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
1750 - 1801
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 23
Vladimir Obruchev
1863 - 1956
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 24
William Buckland
1784 - 1856
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 25
Adam Sedgwick
1785 - 1873
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 26

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Giuseppe Mercalli ranks 34. Before him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Mikhail Chigorin, Zdeněk Fibich, Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pavel Axelrod, and Jack Daniel. After him are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Ebenezer Howard, John Collier, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, George Huntington, and Nikolai Golitsyn. Among people deceased in 1914, Giuseppe Mercalli ranks 36. Before him are Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria, Theodor Kittelsen, Christian Morgenstern, Anatoly Lyadov, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Johann Wilhelm Hittorf. After him are Jurji Zaydan, Charles Martin Hall, Julio Argentino Roca, Theodor Lipps, Louis Couturat, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.

Others Born in 1850

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
1850 - 1916
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 28
Mikhail Chigorin
1850 - 1908
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 29
Zdeněk Fibich
1850 - 1900
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 30
Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia
1850 - 1908
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 31
Pavel Axelrod
1850 - 1928
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 32
Jack Daniel
1850 - 1911
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 33
Giuseppe Mercalli
1850 - 1914
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 34
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud
1850 - 1928
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 35
Ebenezer Howard
1850 - 1928
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 36
John Collier
1850 - 1934
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 37
Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia
1850 - 1918
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 38
George Huntington
1850 - 1916
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 39
Nikolai Golitsyn
1850 - 1925
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 40

Others Deceased in 1914

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Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria
1823 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 30
Theodor Kittelsen
1857 - 1914
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 31
Christian Morgenstern
1871 - 1914
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 32
Anatoly Lyadov
1855 - 1914
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 33
Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
1826 - 1914
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 34
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 35
Giuseppe Mercalli
1850 - 1914
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 36
Jurji Zaydan
1861 - 1914
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 37
Charles Martin Hall
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
Julio Argentino Roca
1843 - 1914
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 39
Theodor Lipps
1851 - 1914
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 40
Louis Couturat
1868 - 1914
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 41
Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
1827 - 1914
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 42

In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Mercalli ranks 1,750 out of 4,668. Before him are Lucifer of Cagliari (201), Giovanni Battista Gaulli (1639), Stefano Landi (1587), Giovanni Battista Moroni (1525), Enrico Ferri (1856), and Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine (1591). After him are Amadeus III, Count of Savoy (1095), Luigi Musso (1924), Nicola Abbagnano (1901), Gianpiero Combi (1902), Adelaide of Susa (1020), and Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena (1593).

Others born in Italy

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Lucifer of Cagliari
201 - 371
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,744
Giovanni Battista Gaulli
1639 - 1709
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,745
Stefano Landi
1587 - 1639
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,746
Giovanni Battista Moroni
1525 - 1578
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,747
Enrico Ferri
1856 - 1929
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,748
Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Lorraine
1591 - 1632
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,749
Giuseppe Mercalli
1850 - 1914
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,750
Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
1095 - 1148
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,751
Luigi Musso
1924 - 1958
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,752
Nicola Abbagnano
1901 - 1990
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,753
Gianpiero Combi
1902 - 1956
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,754
Adelaide of Susa
1020 - 1091
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,755
Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena
1593 - 1629
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,756