GEOLOGIST

James Hall

1811 - 1898

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James Hall Jr. (September 12, 1811 – August 7, 1898) was an American geologist and paleontologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Hall has received more than 42,525 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hall is the 59th most popular geologist (down from 54th in 2019), the 7,280th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,884th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Geologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 43k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, James Hall ranks 59 out of 90. Before him are Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Oskar Lenz, Hugo Benioff, Joseph Thomson, and Pentti Eskola. After him are Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Archibald Geikie, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Robert Jameson, Maria Klenova, and William Barton Rogers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, James Hall ranks 63. Before him are Dimitrija Demeter, John Neumann, Katarina Ivanović, Judah P. Benjamin, Victor Duruy, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia. After him are Henry Liddell, Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona, Karl Ludwig Littrow, Juan Bautista Ceballos, Diomidis Kyriakos, and William Henry Harvey. Among people deceased in 1898, James Hall ranks 68. Before him are Osbert Salvin, Maria Katharina Kasper, Félix María Zuloaga, Ángel Ganivet, John Hopkinson, and Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Henry Liddell, Wilford Woodruff, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Don Carlos Buell, Yakov Polonsky, and Hieronymous Theodor Richter.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Hall ranks 7,280 out of 20,380. Before him are Edith Clarke (1883), Andrew Stanton (1965), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Mary Beth Peil (1940), James Foley (1953), and Tim Daly (1956). After him are Maude Fealy (1883), Bill Maher (1956), James Algar (1912), Frank Norris (1870), Ricardo Antonio Chavira (1971), and Pauline Oliveros (1932).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, James Hall ranks 6. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Barnum Brown (1873), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Niles Eldredge (1943), and Hugo Benioff (1899). After him are 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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