GEOLOGIST

Léon Teisserenc de Bort

1855 - 1913

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Léon Philippe Teisserenc de Bort (5 November 1855 in Paris, France – 2 January 1913 in Cannes, France) was a French meteorologist and a pioneer in the field of aerology. Together with Richard Assmann (1845-1918), he is credited as co-discoverer of the stratosphere, as both men announced their discovery during the same time period in 1902. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Teisserenc de Bort has received more than 60,597 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Léon Teisserenc de Bort is the 31st most popular geologist (up from 36th in 2019), the 3,564th most popular biography from France (up from 3,597th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Léon Teisserenc de Bort ranks 31 out of 90. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson, Vladimir Obruchev, Julius von Haast, Norman L. Bowen, Barnum Brown, and Albert Heim. After him are Anna Missuna, Adolphe d'Archiac, Harry Hammond Hess, Édouard Lartet, Joachim Barrande, and Alexander von Keyserling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Léon Teisserenc de Bort ranks 61. Before him are Julius Röntgen, Rodolphe Lindt, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Erik Werenskiold, Hugo von Pohl, and Tommaso Tittoni. After him are Amandus Adamson, Arnold Mendelssohn, Nataliya Kobrynska, Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi, Innokenty Annensky, and Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1913, Léon Teisserenc de Bort ranks 57. Before him are Nazım Pasha, Victor Henri Rochefort, Marquis de Rochefort-Luçay, Karl Wittgenstein, Mikoláš Aleš, Heinrich Martin Weber, and Étienne Laspeyres. After him are Edwin Klebs, Marie Popelin, Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino, Felix Draeseke, Johannes Linnankoski, and Angelo de Gubernatis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Teisserenc de Bort ranks 3,564 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard Grisey (1946), Léo Malet (1909), François de Troy (1645), Emmanuel Bove (1898), Jules Émile Planchon (1823), and Ferdinand Brunetière (1849). After him are Julien Clerc (1947), Remigius of Auxerre (841), Edmond Aman-Jean (1858), Edwige Feuillère (1907), Ludivine Sagnier (1979), and Louis de Buade de Frontenac (1622).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In France

Among geologists born in France, Léon Teisserenc de Bort ranks 2. Before him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750). After him are Adolphe d'Archiac (1802), Édouard Lartet (1801), Joachim Barrande (1799), Alfred Lacroix (1863), and Marcel Alexandre Bertrand (1847).

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