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GEOLOGIST

Lawrence Lambe

1863 - 1919

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Lawrence Morris Lambe (August 27, 1863 – March 12, 1919) was a Canadian geologist, palaeontologist, and ecologist from the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). His published work, describing the diverse and plentiful dinosaur discoveries from the fossil beds in Alberta, did much to bring dinosaurs into the public eye and helped usher in the Golden Age of Dinosaurs in the province. During this period, between the 1880s and World War I, dinosaur hunters from all over the world converged on Alberta. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lawrence Lambe has received more than 34,977 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Lawrence Lambe is the 61st most popular geologist (up from 12,685th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from Canada (down from 355th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Geologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Lawrence Lambe ranks 61 out of 59. Before him are James Hall, Maria Klenova, Joseph Thomson, Anna Missuna, David A. Johnston, and Daniel Barringer. After him are Walter Alvarez, Robert Jameson, Hugo Benioff, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Judith Curry, and Henry De la Beche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Lawrence Lambe ranks 142. Before him are Sándor Bródy, Peider Lansel, Corrado Segre, Eduard David, John Goodall, and Reginald Innes Pocock. After him are João Pinheiro Chagas, Mary Whiton Calkins, Dimitar Stanchov, Henri Padé, Léon Frapié, and Alfredo Panzini. Among people deceased in 1919, Lawrence Lambe ranks 134. Before him are Robert Bacon, George Eyser, John Aitken, Horatio Parker, Abraham Jacobi, and Charles Conrad Abbott. After him are William Michael Rossetti, Sotirios Versis, Walter Brack, Joseph Rosemeyer, Sven Forssman, and J. Alden Weir.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Lawrence Lambe ranks 449 out of 1,350. Before him are Ted Cruz (1970), Dorothy Stratten (1960), Jason Reitman (1977), Robert Lepage (1957), Chris Hadfield (1959), and Anne Murray (1945). After him are Sven Delblanc (1931), Rachelle Lefevre (1979), Linda Thorson (1947), Pauline Marois (1949), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), and Jack Kruschen (1922).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Canada

Among geologists born in Canada, Lawrence Lambe ranks 3. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson (1908) and Norman L. Bowen (1887). After him are Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871) and William Edmond Logan (1798).

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