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GEOLOGIST

Paul Niggli

1888 - 1953

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Paul Niggli (26 June 1888 – 13 January 1953) was a Swiss crystallographer, mineralogist, and petrologist who was a leader in the field of X-ray crystallography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul Niggli has received more than 17,737 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Niggli is the 69th most popular geologist (down from 54th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 488th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Paul Niggli ranks 69 out of 59. Before him are Robert Jameson, Hugo Benioff, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Judith Curry, Henry De la Beche, and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin. After him are Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, John Bell Hatcher, Charles Lapworth, Walther Penck, William Edmond Logan, and Michael E. Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Paul Niggli ranks 225. Before him are Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Lowell Sherman, Lucien Hubbard, Hubert Wilkins, Herbert Morrison, and Miles Mander. After him are George B. Seitz, Chandrashekhar Agashe, Tris Speaker, Joseph Pletincx, Osvald Moberg, and Christian Gitsham. Among people deceased in 1953, Paul Niggli ranks 168. Before him are Robert G. Vignola, Fred M. Vinson, Norman Ross, Sophia Hayden, Alex James, and Ethel Muckelt. After him are Roland Young, Delfo Bellini, Thomas Thorstensen, Richard Pearse, Robert F. Wagner, and Alan Curtis.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Paul Niggli ranks 591 out of 876. Before him are Philippe Senderos (1985), Denis Zakaria (1996), Jean-Denis Délétraz (1963), Tranquillo Barnetta (1985), Urs Meier (1959), and Mauro Gianetti (1964). After him are Eren Derdiyok (1988), Edmund Bruggmann (1943), Mario Gavranović (1989), Claudio Sulser (1955), C. Douglas Dillon (1909), and Kate Burton (1957).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among geologists born in Switzerland, Paul Niggli ranks 3. Before him are Jean-André Deluc (1727) and Albert Heim (1849).

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