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Karl von Terzaghi

1883 - 1963

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Karl von Terzaghi (October 2, 1883 – October 25, 1963) was an Austrian mechanical engineer, geotechnical engineer, and geologist known as the "father of soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl von Terzaghi has received more than 247,214 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Karl von Terzaghi is the 84th most popular engineer (down from 67th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 137th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Karl von Terzaghi ranks 84 out of 323. Before him are Marcel Renault, Vannevar Bush, Józef Bem, Henri Farman, Vasily Degtyaryov, and Yuri Kondratyuk. After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Harry Nyquist, Ivan Sechenov, Valdemar Poulsen, Mikhail Gurevich, and Stephen Timoshenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Karl von Terzaghi ranks 73. Before him are Lauri Kristian Relander, William Carlos Williams, Alfredo Casella, Ernest Ansermet, Ichirō Hatoyama, and Ivan Ilyin. After him are Bogdan Filov, Vladimir Antonov-Ovseyenko, Henri Delaunay, Yan Xishan, Augustinas Voldemaras, and Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone. Among people deceased in 1963, Karl von Terzaghi ranks 46. Before him are Alois Hudal, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, William Carlos Williams, W. E. B. Du Bois, Sivananda Saraswati, and Eduard Spranger. After him are Remedios Varo, Sylvanus Olympio, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Jacobus Oud, Alexander Marinesko, and Berthold, Margrave of Baden.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karl von Terzaghi ranks 185 out of 973. Before him are Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Tomáš Baťa (1876), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg (1800), Catherine of Bohemia (1342), and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849). After him are Leo Perutz (1882), Otfried Preußler (1923), Libuše Šafránková (1953), Adolf Schärf (1890), Ivo Viktor (1942), and Petr Ginz (1928).

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Among ENGINEERS In Czechia

Among engineers born in Czechia, Karl von Terzaghi ranks 2. Before him are Emil Škoda (1839). After him are Alfred Neubauer (1891), Eugen Sänger (1905), and Franciszek Rychnowski (1850).

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