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Henry Clifton Sorby

1826 - 1908

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Henry Clifton Sorby (10 May 1826 – 9 March 1908) was an English microscopist and geologist. His major contribution was the development of techniques for studying iron and steel with microscopes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Clifton Sorby has received more than 44,845 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Clifton Sorby is the 52nd most popular geologist, the 3,538th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 12th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 52 out of 59. Before him are Ferdinand Zirkel, Alexander Karpinsky, Luigi Palmieri, Oskar Lenz, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, and M. King Hubbert. After him are Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, James Hall, Maria Klenova, Joseph Thomson, and Anna Missuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 52. Before him are Matilda Joslyn Gage, Johann Köler, Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen, Mariano Ignacio Prado, Lea Ahlborn, and Friedrich Chrysander. After him are August Ahlqvist, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Sereno Watson, Matvey Gusev, John Buford, and José Eusebio Otalora. Among people deceased in 1908, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 84. Before him are Hashimoto Gahō, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Svatopluk Čech, Walter Leistikow, and Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby. After him are Henry Bird, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Carl Koldewey, Joel Chandler Harris, Marco Aurelio Soto, and Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 3,538 out of 7,765. Before him are Roy Jenkins (1920), Matt Monro (1930), Arthur Bliss (1891), Anita Roddick (1942), M. R. James (1862), and Nicholas Ridley (1500). After him are John Marshall (1748), Susan George (1950), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Sandy Denny (1947), Linus Roache (1964), and Henry Bird (1830).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 12. Before him are Gideon Mantell (1790), William Buckland (1784), Adam Sedgwick (1785), Arthur Holmes (1890), John Phillips (1800), and William Nicol (1770). After him are Joseph Thomson (1858), Robert Jameson (1774), Henry De la Beche (1796), and Charles Lapworth (1842).

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