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 34,637 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Lawrence Lambe is the 70th most popular geologist (down from 60th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from Canada (down from 448th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Geologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 35k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Lawrence Lambe has had the most page views in the with 4,015 views, followed by Chinese (981), and Spanish (881). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (92.26%), Catalan (36.02%), and Greek (27.94%)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Lawrence Lambe ranks 70 out of 90. Before him are William Barton Rogers, William Nicol, Ivan Gubkin, Walter Alvarez, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, and Rinchen Barsbold. After him are M. King Hubbert, David A. Johnston, Henry De la Beche, Jens Esmark, Paul Niggli, and Daniel Barringer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Lawrence Lambe ranks 157. Before him are John Goodall, Camille Erlanger, Broncia Koller-Pinell, João Pinheiro Chagas, Sándor Bródy, and Reginald Innes Pocock. After him are Corrado Segre, Peider Lansel, Ida Freund, Dimitar Stanchov, Walter Migula, and Léon Frapié. Among people deceased in 1919, Lawrence Lambe ranks 145. Before him are Camille Erlanger, George Eyser, Huseyn Arablinski, Charles Conrad Abbott, Henning von Holtzendorff, and William Michael Rossetti. After him are John Aitken, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Theo de Meester, Horatio Parker, J. Alden Weir, and Mikhail Suslin.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Lawrence Lambe ranks 479 out of 1,622. Before him are Dwight Lodeweges (1957), Myrtle Cook (1902), Viola Myers (1927), Douglas Bennett (1918), Maurice Prendergast (1858), and Tamara Taylor (1970). After him are Rae Dawn Chong (1961), Jennifer Granholm (1959), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), Ernest Hamilton (1883), Kathleen Robertson (1973), and Mary Frizzell (1913).

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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), William Edmond Logan (1798), and Claudia Alexander (1959).

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