GEOLOGIST

Jens Esmark

1763 - 1839

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Jens Esmark (31 January 1763 – 26 January 1839) was a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the initial discoveries and conceptual analyses of glaciers, specifically the concept that glaciers had covered larger areas in the past. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Esmark has received more than 29,251 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Esmark is the 75th most popular geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Jens Esmark ranks 75 out of 90. Before him are Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, Lawrence Lambe, M. King Hubbert, David A. Johnston, and Henry De la Beche. After him are Paul Niggli, Daniel Barringer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rudolf Geiger, Andrey Arkhangelsky, and Judith Curry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1763, Jens Esmark ranks 40. Before him are Dmitry Senyavin, Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Pierre Adet, Johann Gottfried Seume, and Wolfe Tone. After him are William Cobbett, János Batsányi, and Charles Bulfinch. Among people deceased in 1839, Jens Esmark ranks 41. Before him are Yuriy Venelin, Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Benjamin Morrell, José María Heredia y Heredia, and Alexander Odoevsky. After him are William Beechey, Thomas Bibb, Allan Cunningham, and Sybil Ludington.

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