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GEOGRAPHER

Hans Meyer

1858 - 1929

Hans Meyer

Hans Heinrich Josef Meyer (22 March 1858 – 5 July 1929) was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909). Hans Meyer is credited with being the first European to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro at 5,895 m (19,341 ft) in modern day Moshi District of Kilimanjaro Region in Tanzania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Meyer has received more than 17,313 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Meyer is the 57th most popular geographer (down from 51st in 2019), the 3,756th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,966th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Geographer.

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48.60
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
15
Languages Editions (L)
4.23
Effective Languages (L*)
2.02
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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Hans Meyer ranks 57 out of 67. Before her are Yi-Fu Tuan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Jan Janssonius, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Claes Jansz. Visscher, and Guillaume Delisle. After her are Vaclav Smil, Ellen Churchill Semple, Adolf Stieler, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anton Friedrich Büsching, and Doreen Massey.

Most Popular Geographers in Wikipedia

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Yi-Fu Tuan
1930 - 2022
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 51
Giovanni Battista Ramusio
1485 - 1557
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 52
Jan Janssonius
1588 - 1664
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 53
Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho
1869 - 1959
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 54
Claes Jansz. Visscher
1587 - 1652
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 55
Guillaume Delisle
1675 - 1726
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 56
Hans Meyer
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 57
Vaclav Smil
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 58
Ellen Churchill Semple
1863 - 1932
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 59
Adolf Stieler
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 60
Torsten Hägerstrand
1916 - 2004
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 61
Anton Friedrich Büsching
1724 - 1793
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 62
Doreen Massey
1944 - 2016
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 63

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Hans Meyer ranks 93. Before her are Heinrich Zille, George Albert Boulenger, Yukio Ozaki, Edmond Aman-Jean, Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line, and Edward M. House. After her are Beatrice Webb, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Alexandre Michon, Georges Courteline, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, and Carl Swartz. Among people deceased in 1929, Hans Meyer ranks 93. Before her are Emilie Snethlage, Julio Antonio Mella, Ernest Mason Satow, Manuel Díaz, Léon Delacroix, and Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret. After her are Arno Holz, Robert Henri, Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, Georges Courteline, Sadhu Sundar Singh, and David Dunbar Buick.

Others Born in 1858

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Heinrich Zille
1858 - 1929
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 87
George Albert Boulenger
1858 - 1937
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 88
Yukio Ozaki
1858 - 1954
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 89
Edmond Aman-Jean
1858 - 1936
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 90
Heinrich XXVII, Prince Reuss Younger Line
1858 - 1928
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 91
Edward M. House
1858 - 1938
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 92
Hans Meyer
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 93
Beatrice Webb
1858 - 1943
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 94
Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 95
Alexandre Michon
1858 - 1921
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 96
Georges Courteline
1858 - 1929
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 97
Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst
1858 - 1944
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 98
Carl Swartz
1858 - 1926
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 99