GEOLOGIST

Maria Klenova

1898 - 1976

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Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (or Klyonova) (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова; 12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas. Klenova studied to become a professor and later on worked as a member of the Council for Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. During that time she spent nearly thirty years researching in the Polar Regions and become the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Klenova has received more than 63,482 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Maria Klenova is the 64th most popular geologist (down from 55th in 2019), the 2,033rd most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,787th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Geologist.

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  • 63k

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  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Maria Klenova ranks 64 out of 90. Before her are Pentti Eskola, James Hall, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Archibald Geikie, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, and Robert Jameson. After her are William Barton Rogers, William Nicol, Ivan Gubkin, Walter Alvarez, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, and Rinchen Barsbold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Maria Klenova ranks 240. Before her are Alfredo Duhalde, Charles Bouvier, Gregor Wentzel, Ferreira de Castro, Leonard Howell, and Zinaida Yermolyeva. After her are Scott O'Dell, Fedde Schurer, Petar Gabrovski, Blind Willie McTell, Carl Johnson, and Mario Mattoli. Among people deceased in 1976, Maria Klenova ranks 210. Before her are George Parker, Anton Grasser, Miriam Cooper, Florence Ballard, Stith Thompson, and Afrasiyab Badalbeyli. After her are Busby Berkeley, Walter Janssen, Carlo Mattrel, Anna Kéthly, Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ, and Margaret Leighton.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Klenova ranks 2,033 out of 3,761. Before her are Zinaida Yermolyeva (1898), Aleksandr Andronov (1901), Yuri Shatunov (1973), Lev Chugaev (1873), Yury Chaika (1951), and Elena Guro (1877). After her are Timofey Granovsky (1813), Yevdokiya Bershanskaya (1913), Nikolay Lvov (1753), Vera Glagoleva (1956), Dinara Safina (1986), and Pavel Kolchin (1930).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among geologists born in Russia, Maria Klenova ranks 4. Before her are Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Vladimir Obruchev (1863), and Alexander Karpinsky (1846). After her are Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879), and Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861).

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