GEOLOGIST

Hugo Benioff

1899 - 1968

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Victor Hugo Benioff (September 14, 1899 – February 29, 1968) was an American seismologist and a professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is best remembered for his work in charting the location of deep earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean. Benioff was born in Los Angeles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Benioff has received more than 46,791 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Hugo Benioff is the 56th most popular geologist (up from 63rd in 2019), the 6,707th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,350th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Geologist.

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  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Hugo Benioff ranks 56 out of 90. Before him are Gerard De Geer, Henry Clifton Sorby, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, and Oskar Lenz. After him are Joseph Thomson, Pentti Eskola, James Hall, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Archibald Geikie, and Marcel Alexandre Bertrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hugo Benioff ranks 221. Before him are Piero Dusio, James Wong Howe, May McAvoy, Axel Bakunts, Roger Vitrac, and Szolem Mandelbrojt. After him are Finn Ronne, Grigori Roshal, Gerald Moore, Bo Lindman, Väinö Kokkinen, and György Piller. Among people deceased in 1968, Hugo Benioff ranks 181. Before him are René Navarre, Archie Mayo, Dan Duryea, Leo Sexton, Hertha Sponer, and Cuno Hoffmeister. After him are Arnulf Øverland, Nick Adams, Giuseppe Lepori, Ellen Gleditsch, Amparo Poch y Gascón, and Dorothy Holman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugo Benioff ranks 6,707 out of 20,380. Before him are John List (1925), Tom Kane (1962), Eydie Gormé (1928), Lee Smolin (1955), Galo Plaza (1906), and F. Holland Day (1864). After him are Bobby Unser (1934), David Hungate (1948), Harold Gould (1923), Edward Everett (1794), Noah Emmerich (1965), and Philip Ahn (1905).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Hugo Benioff ranks 5. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Barnum Brown (1873), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), and Niles Eldredge (1943). After him are James Hall (1811), William Barton Rogers (1804), Walter Alvarez (1940), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), M. King Hubbert (1903), David A. Johnston (1949), and Daniel Barringer (1860).

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