GEOLOGIST
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
Ignacy Domeyko
Ignacy Domeyko or Domejko, pseudonym: Żegota (Spanish: Ignacio Domeyko, Spanish pronunciation: [iɣˈnasjo ðoˈmejko]; 31 July 1802 – 23 January 1889) was a Polish geologist, mineralogist, educator, and founder of the University of Santiago, in Chile. Domeyko spent most of his life, and died, in his adopted country, Chile. After a youth passed in partitioned Poland, Domeyko participated in the Polish–Russian War 1830–31. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignacy Domeyko has received more than 71,908 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ignacy Domeyko is the 17th most popular geologist (up from 18th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Belarus (up from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular Belarusian Geologist.
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Among GEOLOGISTS
Among geologists, Ignacy Domeyko ranks 17 out of 59. Before him are Eduard Suess, Francis Beaufort, Vasily Dokuchaev, Beno Gutenberg, Abraham Gottlob Werner, and William Smith. After him are Gideon Mantell, Christian Leopold von Buch, Giuseppe Mercalli, John Tuzo Wilson, Jean-André Deluc, and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu.
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HPI: 62.98
Rank: 11
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HPI: 62.88
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HPI: 61.10
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Abraham Gottlob Werner
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William Smith
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Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 17
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HPI: 56.71
Rank: 18
Christian Leopold von Buch
1774 - 1853
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 19
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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
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1802, Ignacy Domeyko ranks 20. Before him are Pavel Nakhimov, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Husein Gradaščević, Nikolaus Lenau, Charlotte Bonaparte, and Hermann Goldschmidt. After him are Alcide d'Orbigny, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Carl Ritter von Ghega, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, and Harriet Martineau. Among people deceased in 1889, Ignacy Domeyko ranks 25. Before him are Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Robert Browning, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Ion Creangă, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and John Ericsson. After him are Gaston Planté, Princess Eugénie of Sweden, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Jules Dupré, Maria Mitchell, and Elvira Madigan.
Others Born in 1802
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Pavel Nakhimov
1802 - 1855
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 14
Louis-Eugène Cavaignac
1802 - 1857
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 15
Husein Gradaščević
1802 - 1834
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 16
Nikolaus Lenau
1802 - 1850
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 17
Charlotte Bonaparte
1802 - 1839
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 18
Hermann Goldschmidt
1802 - 1866
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 19
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 20
Alcide d'Orbigny
1802 - 1857
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 21
Charles Auguste de Bériot
1802 - 1870
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 22
Carl Ritter von Ghega
1802 - 1860
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 23
Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire
1802 - 1861
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 24
Frederick William, Elector of Hesse
1802 - 1875
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 25
Harriet Martineau
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 26
Others Deceased in 1889
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Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly
1808 - 1889
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 19
Robert Browning
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 20
Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 21
Ion Creangă
1837 - 1889
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 22
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 23
John Ericsson
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 24
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 25
Gaston Planté
1834 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 26
Princess Eugénie of Sweden
1830 - 1889
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 27
Viktor Bunyakovsky
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
Jules Dupré
1811 - 1889
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 29
Maria Mitchell
1818 - 1889
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 30
Elvira Madigan
1867 - 1889
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 31
In Belarus
Among people born in Belarus, Ignacy Domeyko ranks 49 out of 330. Before him are Aleksei Antonov (1896), Marek Edelman (1922), Euphrosyne of Polotsk (1110), Otto Schmidt (1891), Vasil Bykaŭ (1924), and Yakov Zeldovich (1914). After him are Alexander Orlov (1895), Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł (1515), Shneur Zalman of Liadi (1745), Mendele Mocher Sforim (1835), Vseslav of Polotsk (1029), and Paul Baran (1926).
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Aleksei Antonov
1896 - 1962
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 43
Marek Edelman
1922 - 2009
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 44
Euphrosyne of Polotsk
1110 - 1173
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 45
Otto Schmidt
1891 - 1956
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 46
Vasil Bykaŭ
1924 - 2003
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 47
Yakov Zeldovich
1914 - 1987
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 48
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 49
Alexander Orlov
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 50
Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł
1515 - 1565
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 51
Shneur Zalman of Liadi
1745 - 1812
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 52
Mendele Mocher Sforim
1835 - 1917
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 53
Vseslav of Polotsk
1029 - 1101
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 54
Paul Baran
1926 - 2011
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 55
Among GEOLOGISTS In Belarus
Among geologists born in Belarus, Ignacy Domeyko ranks 1. After him are Anna Missuna (1868).
