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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 40,653 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. James Hall is the 55th most popular geologist (down from 46th in 2019), the 6,898th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,503rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Geologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 41k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, James Hall ranks 55 out of 59. Before him are Oskar Lenz, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, M. King Hubbert, Henry Clifton Sorby, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, and Marcel Alexandre Bertrand. After him are Maria Klenova, Joseph Thomson, Anna Missuna, David A. Johnston, Daniel Barringer, and Lawrence Lambe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, James Hall ranks 58. Before him are James Young Simpson, Johann Dzierzon, Carl Johan Thyselius, Dimitrija Demeter, Judah P. Benjamin, and John Neumann. After him are Katarina Ivanović, Luis González-Bravo y López de Arjona, William Henry Harvey, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Victor Duruy, and Henry Liddell. Among people deceased in 1898, James Hall ranks 67. Before him are Ramón Emeterio Betances, Eli Lilly, Joaquín Crespo, John Hopkinson, Hieronymous Theodor Richter, and Félix María Zuloaga. After him are Princess Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Henry Liddell, Yakov Polonsky, Don Carlos Buell, Osbert Salvin, and Luiza Pesjak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Hall ranks 6,898 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Lewis (1960), Clyfford Still (1904), Thomas Hart Benton (1889), Nat Adderley (1931), Metacomet (1639), and Peter Pace (1945). After him are Dan Rather (1931), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Tina Weymouth (1950), John Holt (1923), Paul Williams (1940), and Carl O. Sauer (1889).

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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), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), and M. King Hubbert (1903). After him are David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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