GEOGRAPHER

Johannes Gabriel Granö

1882 - 1956

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Johannes Gabriel Granö (14 March 1882 – 23 February 1956) was a Finnish geographer, chiefly remembered as a professor of three universities and an explorer of Siberia and Mongolia. He is also noted for his pioneering studies on landscape geography, and his book Pure Geography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Gabriel Granö has received more than 11,251 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Johannes Gabriel Granö is the 74th most popular geographer (down from 70th in 2019), the 302nd most popular biography from Finland (up from 328th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Johannes Gabriel Granö ranks 74 out of 86. Before him are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Curt von François, Adolf Stieler, Doreen Massey, Carl O. Sauer, and Ellsworth Huntington. After him are Aaron Arrowsmith, Richard Andree, Jehuda Cresques, Yuly Shokalsky, Guillaume Grandidier, and Herman Moll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Johannes Gabriel Granö ranks 229. Before him are Mykolas Biržiška, Vladimir Dimitrov, Oswald Holmberg, Eric Gill, Karel Domin, and Jimmy Hogan. After him are Georg Jacoby, Margaret Dumont, Harry Liedtke, Hugh S. Johnson, Charles Mayer, and Pierre Allemane. Among people deceased in 1956, Johannes Gabriel Granö ranks 164. Before him are Juan José de Amézaga, John Geiger, Max Beerbohm, Theodor Pallady, Frank Brangwyn, and Artur Văitoianu. After him are E. A. Dupont, Billy Bishop, Tommy Johnson, Nikolai Panin, Gerald Finzi, and Pelageya Shajn.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Johannes Gabriel Granö ranks 302 out of 751. Before him are Mr Lordi (1974), Oskari Tokoi (1873), Julius Saaristo (1891), Rainer von Fieandt (1890), Joonas Kokkonen (1921), and Eero Lehtonen (1898). After him are Antti Tuuri (1944), Heikki Hasu (1926), Sam Lake (1970), Vilho Tuulos (1895), Urho Peltonen (1893), and Jyrki Katainen (1971).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Finland

Among geographers born in Finland, Johannes Gabriel Granö ranks 1. 

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