GEOLOGIST

Walther Penck

1888 - 1923

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Walther Penck (30 August 1888 – 29 September 1923) was a geologist and geomorphologist known for his theories on landscape evolution. Penck is noted for criticizing key elements of the Davisian cycle of erosion, concluding that the process of uplift and denudation occur simultaneously, at gradual and continuous rates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Penck has received more than 93,059 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Walther Penck is the 84th most popular geologist (down from 72nd in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from Austria (down from 959th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Walther Penck ranks 84 out of 90. Before him are Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rudolf Geiger, Andrey Arkhangelsky, Judith Curry, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, and Reginald Aldworth Daly. After him are Charles Lapworth, John Bell Hatcher, Dan McKenzie, William Edmond Logan, Claudia Alexander, and Michael E. Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Penck ranks 261. Before him are Gabriel Thorstensen, Lowell Sherman, Joyce Cary, Hubert Wilkins, Tryggve Gran, and Christian Gitsham. After him are Jack Holt, Harold Hardwick, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Tris Speaker, Miles Mander, and Miles Malleson. Among people deceased in 1923, Walther Penck ranks 118. Before him are Duncan Stewart, Ole Østmo, Charles Kent, Joseph DeCamp, Martha Mansfield, and Otto Bahr Halvorsen. After him are Flora Murray, and George Clement Perkins.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 1,049 out of 1,424. Before him are Alfons Dorfner (1911), Walter Munk (1917), Max Stiepl (1914), Werner Kogler (1961), Julius Lenhart (1875), and Vanessa Brown (1928). After him are Jaroslav Volak (1915), Andreas Ivanschitz (1983), Wilhelm Wirtinger (1865), Josef Krejci (1911), Gerhard Rodax (1965), and Hubert von Goisern (1952).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Austria

Among geologists born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 2. Before him are Milutin Milanković (1879).

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