GEOLOGIST
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
Vasily Dokuchaev
Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Dokuchaev has received more than 134,011 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Vasily Dokuchaev is the 13th most popular geologist, the 361st most popular biography from Russia (up from 362nd in 2019) and the most popular Russian Geologist.
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130k
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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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5.42
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among GEOLOGISTS
Among geologists, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 13 out of 90. Before him are Andrija Mohorovičić, Mary Anning, James Hutton, Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, and Francis Beaufort. After him are Abraham Gottlob Werner, William Smith, Beno Gutenberg, Christian Leopold von Buch, Ignacy Domeyko, and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu.
Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsAndrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 7
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 8
James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 9
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 10
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 12
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 13
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 14
William Smith
1769 - 1839
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 15
Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 16
Christian Leopold von Buch
1774 - 1853
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 17
Ignacy Domeyko
1802 - 1889
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 18
Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu
1750 - 1801
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 19
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1846, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 20. Before him are Gaston Maspero, Antonio Abetti, Eusebi Güell, Nectarios of Aegina, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and Anna Dostoevskaya. After him are Émile Gallé, Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Léon Bloy, Karl von Bülow, G. Stanley Hall, and Franz Mehring. Among people deceased in 1903, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 15. Before him are Alexander I of Serbia, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Otto Weininger, Hugo Wolf, Gotse Delchev, and Gemma Galgani. After him are Calamity Jane, Draga Mašin, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Richard Jordan Gatling, and Camillo Sitte.
Others Born in 1846
Go to all RankingsGaston Maspero
HISTORIAN
1846 - 1916
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 14
Antonio Abetti
ASTRONOMER
1846 - 1928
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 15
Eusebi Güell
BUSINESSPERSON
1846 - 1918
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 16
Nectarios of Aegina
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1846 - 1920
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 17
Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche
COMPANION
1846 - 1935
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 18
Anna Dostoevskaya
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1918
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 19
Vasily Dokuchaev
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 20
Émile Gallé
ARTIST
1846 - 1904
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 21
Gösta Mittag-Leffler
MATHEMATICIAN
1846 - 1927
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 22
Léon Bloy
WRITER
1846 - 1917
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 23
Karl von Bülow
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 24
G. Stanley Hall
PSYCHOLOGIST
1846 - 1924
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 25
Franz Mehring
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1919
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 26
Others Deceased in 1903
Go to all RankingsAlexander I of Serbia
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1903
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 9
Josiah Willard Gibbs
PHYSICIST
1839 - 1903
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 10
Otto Weininger
PHILOSOPHER
1880 - 1903
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 11
Hugo Wolf
COMPOSER
1860 - 1903
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 12
Gotse Delchev
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1903
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 13
Gemma Galgani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1878 - 1903
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 14
Vasily Dokuchaev
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 15
Calamity Jane
EXPLORER
1852 - 1903
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 16
Draga Mašin
COMPANION
1864 - 1903
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 17
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1903
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 18
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
PAINTER
1834 - 1903
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 19
Richard Jordan Gatling
INVENTOR
1818 - 1903
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 20
Camillo Sitte
ARCHITECT
1843 - 1903
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 21
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 361 out of 3,761. Before him are Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), Ivan Silayev (1930), Sergius of Radonezh (1314), Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Vasily Zhukovsky (1783), and Mengu-Timur (1235). After him are Irving Berlin (1888), Avvakum (1620), Pavlik Morozov (1918), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831), Duchess Anna of Prussia (1576), and Fyodor Tyutchev (1803).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsNikolai Kuznetsov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 355
Ivan Silayev
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2023
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 356
Sergius of Radonezh
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1314 - 1392
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 357
Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia
WRITER
1858 - 1915
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 358
Vasily Zhukovsky
WRITER
1783 - 1852
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 359
Mengu-Timur
POLITICIAN
1235 - 1282
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 360
Vasily Dokuchaev
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 361
Irving Berlin
COMPOSER
1888 - 1989
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 362
Avvakum
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1620 - 1682
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 363
Pavlik Morozov
EXTREMIST
1918 - 1932
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 364
Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1891
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 365
Duchess Anna of Prussia
COMPANION
1576 - 1625
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 366
Fyodor Tyutchev
WRITER
1803 - 1873
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 367
Among GEOLOGISTS In Russia
Among geologists born in Russia, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Obruchev (1863), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Maria Klenova (1898), Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879), and Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861).
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 1
Vladimir Obruchev
1863 - 1956
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 2
Alexander Karpinsky
1846 - 1936
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 3
Maria Klenova
1898 - 1976
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 4
Andrey Arkhangelsky
1879 - 1940
HPI: 43.83
Rank: 5
Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing
1861 - 1939
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 6