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GEOLOGIST

Harry Hammond Hess

1906 - 1969

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Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harry Hammond Hess has received more than 291,858 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Harry Hammond Hess is the 28th most popular geologist (down from 23rd in 2019), the 3,765th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,095th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 28 out of 59. Before him are Jean-André Deluc, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Vladimir Obruchev, William Buckland, Adam Sedgwick, and Richard Kirwan. After him are Arthur Holmes, Albert Heim, Alexander von Keyserling, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Adolphe d'Archiac, and Édouard Lartet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 156. Before him are Paolo Stoppa, Edward Ochab, Francis Hong Yong-ho, Zinka Milanov, Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, and Olena Teliha. After him are Raymond Sommer, Artur Lundkvist, Fred Lawrence Whipple, H. C. Hansen, Yakov Malik, and Endre Kabos. Among people deceased in 1969, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 101. Before him are Georges Catroux, Iskander Mirza, John Wyndham, Aleksandr Deyneka, José María Arguedas, and Jan Zajíc. After him are Domingo Tejera, Mark Bernes, Nicolas Grunitzky, Volmari Iso-Hollo, Josef Beran, and Johannes Dieckmann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 3,765 out of 18,182. Before him are Sydne Rome (1951), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Paul Castellano (1915), Nan Goldin (1953), Seymour Cassel (1935), and Don Alden Adams (1925). After him are Maila Nurmi (1922), Edward MacDowell (1860), David Harbour (1975), Donald Lippincott (1893), Bryce Dallas Howard (1981), and Dennis Haysbert (1954).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 2. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900). After him are Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), M. King Hubbert (1903), James Hall (1811), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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