GEOLOGIST

Milutin Milanković

1879 - 1958

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Milutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Serbian Cyrillic: Милутин Миланковић, pronounced [milǔtin milǎːnkoʋitɕ]; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysicist, civil engineer and popularizer of science. Milanković gave two fundamental contributions to global science. The first contribution is the "Canon of the Earth's Insolation", which characterizes the climates of all the planets of the Solar System. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milutin Milanković has received more than 476,866 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Milutin Milanković is the 2nd most popular geologist (up from 7th in 2019), the 95th most popular biography from Austria (up from 147th in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Geologist.

Milutin Milanković was a Serbian mathematician and geophysicist who is most famous for his work on the theory of ice ages.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Milutin Milanković ranks 2 out of 90. Before him are Alfred Wegener. After him are Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, Inge Lehmann, Andrija Mohorovičić, Mary Anning, James Hutton, Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, and Francis Beaufort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Milutin Milanković ranks 15. Before him are Franz von Papen, Francis Picabia, Emiliano Zapata, Alma Mahler, Owen Willans Richardson, and Symon Petliura. After him are Hans Luther, Rudolf von Laban, Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ottorino Respighi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, and Ramana Maharshi. Among people deceased in 1958, Milutin Milanković ranks 12. Before him are John B. Watson, Ernest Lawrence, Roger Martin du Gard, Clinton Davisson, Kurt Alder, and Faisal II of Iraq. After him are Juan Ramón Jiménez, Rudolf von Laban, Maurice de Vlaminck, Lion Feuchtwanger, Maurice Gamelin, and G. E. Moore.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Milutin Milanković ranks 95 out of 1,424. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), Engelbert Dollfuss (1892), Theodoric the Great (454), Charles II, Archduke of Austria (1540), Maximilian Schell (1930), and Józef Poniatowski (1763). After him are Fritz Pregl (1869), Heinrich Harrer (1912), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), and Maria von Trapp (1905).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Austria

Among geologists born in Austria, Milutin Milanković ranks 1. After him are Walther Penck (1888).

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