BIOLOGIST

Roger Revelle

1909 - 1991

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Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (March 7, 1909 – July 15, 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global warming, as well as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger Revelle has received more than 223,911 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Revelle is the 1,020th most popular biologist, the 11,648th most popular biography from United States and the 160th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 15

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  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Roger Revelle ranks 1,020 out of 1,097. Before him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Alexander Wilson, Elliott Coues, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and Edward William Nelson. After him are Norman I. Platnick, Charles Sprague Sargent, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Albert Charles Smith, Walter Buller, and Ilkka Hanski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Roger Revelle ranks 404. Before him are C. Douglas Dillon, Sam Balter, Gertrude Abercrombie, Nobuo Arai, Robert Helpmann, and Harold Smith. After him are Wim Lagendaal, Willi Horn, Ruby Keeler, John Wright, William Penney, Baron Penney, and Louis Hayward. Among people deceased in 1991, Roger Revelle ranks 264. Before him are David Ruffin, Forrest Towns, Vera Stroyeva, Károly Bartha, Pat O'Callaghan, and Charlie Barnet. After him are Coral Browne, Kenas Aroi, Danny Thomas, Tom Bridger, Yanka Dyagileva, and Natalie Schafer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Revelle ranks 11,648 out of 20,380. Before him are Leamon King (1936), Caleb Cushing (1800), Mike Mansfield (1903), Caroline Williams (1957), S. E. Hinton (1948), and Arnie Oliver (1907). After him are Tory Belleci (1970), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Joel Osteen (1963), Aisha Hinds (1975), Tommy Roe (1942), and Nancy Kyes (1949).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Roger Revelle ranks 160. Before him are George R. Price (1922), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), John Bartram (1699), Elliott Coues (1842), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), and Edward William Nelson (1855). After him are Norman I. Platnick (1951), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Albert Charles Smith (1906), Elmer McCollum (1879), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), and Outram Bangs (1863).

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