GEOLOGIST

Inge Lehmann

1888 - 1993

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Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth. The seismic discontinuity in the speed of seismic waves at depths between 190 and 250 km is named the Lehmann discontinuity after her. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Inge Lehmann has received more than 278,383 page views. Her biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Inge Lehmann is the 6th most popular geologist, the 73rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 67th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Geologist.

Inger Lehmann was a Danish seismologist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Inge Lehmann ranks 6 out of 90. Before her are Alfred Wegener, Milutin Milanković, Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, and Charles Lyell. After her are Andrija Mohorovičić, Mary Anning, James Hutton, Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, and Francis Beaufort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Inge Lehmann ranks 35. Before her are Maurice Chevalier, F. W. Murnau, Selman Waksman, Friedrich Olbricht, Andrei Tupolev, and Anton Makarenko. After her are Abul Kalam Azad, Katherine Mansfield, Georges Bernanos, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Vladimir K. Zworykin, and Ossip Zadkine. Among people deceased in 1993, Inge Lehmann ranks 19. Before her are Anthony Burgess, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, André the Giant, Bobby Moore, Hans Jonas, and Albert Sabin. After her are Polykarp Kusch, Kōbō Abe, Bill Bixby, Wolfgang Paul, Brandon Lee, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Inge Lehmann ranks 73 out of 1,032. Before her are Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (1900), Eric V of Denmark (1249), Carl Theodor Dreyer (1889), Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (850), Peter Schmeichel (1963), and Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark (1656). After her are Rasmus Rask (1787), Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted (1879), Michael Laudrup (1964), Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark (1771), and Eric I of Denmark (1055).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among geologists born in Denmark, Inge Lehmann ranks 2. Before her are Nicolas Steno (1638).

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