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Vaclav Smil

1943 - Today

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Vaclav Smil (Czech: [ˈvaːtslaf ˈsmɪl]; born December 9, 1943) is a Czech-Canadian scientist and policy analyst. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. His interdisciplinary research interests encompass energy, environmental, food, population, economic, historical and public policy studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vaclav Smil has received more than 646,210 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vaclav Smil is the 65th most popular geographer (down from 58th in 2019), the 518th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 475th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Geographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Vaclav Smil ranks 65 out of 86. Before him are Claes Jansz. Visscher, August Heinrich Petermann, Torsten Hägerstrand, Carlos Viegas Gago Coutinho, Peter Schenk the Elder, and John Walter Gregory. After him are Nicolas de Fer, Ellen Churchill Semple, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Curt von François, Adolf Stieler, and Doreen Massey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Vaclav Smil ranks 387. Before him are Gordon Matta-Clark, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Oleg Vidov, Patricia Churchland, Angelo Anquilletti, and Richard Moll. After him are Vassilis Alexakis, Luis Eduardo Aute, Frances Lee McCain, Bernd Patzke, Robert Durst, and Hwang Sok-yong.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Vaclav Smil ranks 518 out of 1,200. Before him are Karel Píč (1920), Franz Konwitschny (1901), Tomáš Ujfaluši (1978), František Pospíšil (1944), Jan Němec (1936), and Vlastimil Bubník (1931). After him are Oskar Fischer (1923), Vladimir Kulich (1956), Daniela Hodrová (1946), Olga Fikotová (1932), Jiří Hájek (1913), and Alfred Roller (1864).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Czechia

Among geographers born in Czechia, Vaclav Smil ranks 1. 

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