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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 87,338 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Walther Penck is the 73rd most popular geologist (down from 55th in 2019), the 964th most popular biography from Austria (down from 814th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Walther Penck ranks 73 out of 59Before him are Henry De la Beche, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Paul Niggli, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, John Bell Hatcher, and Charles Lapworth. After him are William Edmond Logan and Michael E. Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Walther Penck ranks 238Before him are Joyce Cary, Nils Silfverskiöld, Gabriel Thorstensen, Georges Vanier, David Jacobs, and Jack Holt. After him are Paul Cavanagh, James Waddell Alexander II, Thomas Sopwith, Tor Lund, Daniel Norling, and Monty Woolley. Among people deceased in 1923, Walther Penck ranks 107Before him are Bernard Bosanquet, Duncan Stewart, William R. Day, Ole Østmo, Eugène Mougin, and Otto Bahr Halvorsen. After him is George Clement Perkins.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 964 out of 1,237Before him are Jürgen Melzer (1981), Armin Kogler (1959), Petra Kronberger (1969), Andreas Maislinger (1955), Karl Schnabl (1954), and Peter Pacult (1959). After him are Reinhold Bachler (1944), Ursula Plassnik (1956), Stefan Horngacher (1969), Aleksandar Dragović (1991), Thomas Stangassinger (1965), and Simon Eder (1983).

Among GEOLOGISTS In Austria

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