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GEOLOGIST

M. King Hubbert

1903 - 1989

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Marion King Hubbert (October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) was an American geologist and geophysicist. He worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology, geophysics, and petroleum geology, most notably the Hubbert curve and Hubbert peak theory (a basic component of peak oil), with important political ramifications. He was often referred to as "M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of M. King Hubbert has received more than 192,294 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. M. King Hubbert is the 51st most popular geologist (down from 47th in 2019), the 6,556th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,630th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, M. King Hubbert ranks 51 out of 59. Before him are Henryk Arctowski, Ferdinand Zirkel, Alexander Karpinsky, Luigi Palmieri, Oskar Lenz, and Carl Friedrich Schmidt. After him are Henry Clifton Sorby, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, James Hall, Maria Klenova, and Joseph Thomson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, M. King Hubbert ranks 237. Before him are Humberto de Araújo Benevenuto, Jeanette MacDonald, Billie Dove, Igor Newerly, Oleg Losev, and Wilfrid Hyde-White. After him are Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Alexander Bek, Willi Forst, Léon-Étienne Duval, Werner Klingler, and Ferdinand Adams. Among people deceased in 1989, M. King Hubbert ranks 197. Before him are Peter Scott, Alfredo Zitarrosa, Helga Haase, Inji Aflatoun, Franco Luambo, and Leen Vente. After him are Süreyya Ağaoğlu, Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Roberto Figueroa, Rostislav Plyatt, José Augusto Brandão, and Sirarpie Der Nersessian.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, M. King Hubbert ranks 6,556 out of 18,182. Before him are Lucretia Garfield (1832), Jaroslav Pelikan (1923), Steve Aoki (1977), Emma Tillman (1892), Lillian Copeland (1904), and Lori Singer (1957). After him are Bob Weinstein (1954), Paul Dooley (1928), Jack Haley (1898), Thelma Todd (1906), Steve Forbes (1947), and Aloma Wright (1950).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, M. King Hubbert ranks 5. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Barnum Brown (1873), and Niles Eldredge (1943). After him are James Hall (1811), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), Walter Alvarez (1940), Hugo Benioff (1899), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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