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Robert Mallet

1810 - 1881

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Robert Mallet (3 June 1810 – 5 November 1881) was an Irish geophysicist, civil engineer, and inventor who distinguished himself by research concerning earthquakes (and is sometimes known as the father of seismology). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Mallet has received more than 79,020 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Robert Mallet is the 314th most popular engineer (down from 247th in 2019), the 246th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 180th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Mallet ranks 314 out of 389. Before her are Ron Tauranac, Charles Combes, John R. Pierce, Othmar Ammann, Christopher Cockerell, and Jesse Ramsden. After her are Louis Armand, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Boris Lisunov, Joseph Bazalgette, Hugh Latimer Dryden, and Robert H. Dennard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Robert Mallet ranks 88. Before her are José María de Achá, Johanna Kinkel, Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea, Carl Mayet, Nicolae Golescu, and Ernestine Rose. After her are Jeremiah S. Black, Alphonso Taft, Andrew Scott Waugh, Julián Castro, Johann Ludwig Krapf, and Pierre Bosquet. Among people deceased in 1881, Robert Mallet ranks 75. Before her are Florian Ceynowa, Gustav von Alvensleben, Gustav Neumann, Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Salvador Jovellanos, and George Borrow. After her are Maurice Raynaud, Samuel Palmer, Kolyu Ficheto, Jānis Cimze, Johann Ludwig Krapf, and Josip Jurčič.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Robert Mallet ranks 246 out of 549. Before her are Domhnall Gleeson (1983), Charles Haughey (1925), John Connolly (1968), Henry Kellett (1806), Patrick O'Connell (1887), and Martin Sheridan (1881). After her are Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin (1865), Tim O'Reilly (1954), Cathal Brugha (1874), Arthur Johnson (1879), William Carr (1876), and Andrew Scott (1976).

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Among ENGINEERS In Ireland

Among engineers born in Ireland, Robert Mallet ranks 2. Before her are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850).

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