GEOGRAPHER

John Walter Gregory

1864 - 1932

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John Walter Gregory, , (27 January 1864 – 2 June 1932) was a British geologist and explorer, known principally for his work on glacial geology and on the geography and geology of Australia and East Africa. The Gregory Rift in the Great Rift Valley is named in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Walter Gregory has received more than 43,959 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Walter Gregory is the 64th most popular geographer, the 2,929th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,342nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Geographer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, John Walter Gregory ranks 64 out of 86. Before him are Emmanuel de Martonne, Claes Jansz. Visscher, August Heinrich Petermann, Torsten Hägerstrand, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, and Peter Schenk the Elder. After him are Vaclav Smil, Nicolas de Fer, Ellen Churchill Semple, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Curt von François, and Adolf Stieler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, John Walter Gregory ranks 117. Before him are Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, James Allen, Elena Văcărescu, and Karl Neukirch. After him are Paul von Hintze, Berta Zuckerkandl, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, Charles Dawson, Kamini Roy, and Eemil Nestor Setälä. Among people deceased in 1932, John Walter Gregory ranks 92. Before him are Gertrude Jekyll, Karl Blossfeldt, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Ali Rıza Pasha, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, and Hermann Gunkel. After him are Agha Petros, Henry M. Leland, Paul Warburg, Herbert Norkus, Hart Crane, and Ellen Churchill Semple.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Walter Gregory ranks 2,929 out of 8,785. Before him are Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Paul Weller (1958), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), and Frederick North, Lord North (1732). After him are Christopher Hogwood (1941), Joe Jordan (1951), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Reece James (1999), and Francis Lee (1944).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among geographers born in United Kingdom, John Walter Gregory ranks 4. Before him are George Everest (1790), James Lovelock (1919), and David Harvey (1935). After him are Doreen Massey (1944), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), John Speed (1551), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804).

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