1888 - 1923
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, Walther Penck ranks 73 out of 59. Before 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.
1796 - 1855
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 67
1843 - 1928
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 68
1888 - 1953
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 69
1861 - 1939
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 70
1861 - 1904
HPI: 40.85
Rank: 71
1842 - 1920
HPI: 40.15
Rank: 72
1888 - 1923
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 73
1798 - 1875
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 74
1965 - Present
HPI: 33.28
Rank: 75
Among people born in 1888, Walther Penck ranks 238. Before 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 107. Before him are Bernard Bosanquet, Duncan Stewart, William R. Day, Ole Østmo, Eugène Mougin, and Otto Bahr Halvorsen. After him is George Clement Perkins.
1888 - 1957
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 232
1888 - 1957
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 233
1888 - 1974
HPI: 39.71
Rank: 234
1888 - 1967
HPI: 39.70
Rank: 235
1888 - 1976
HPI: 39.66
Rank: 236
1888 - 1951
HPI: 39.65
Rank: 237
1888 - 1923
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 238
1888 - 1964
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 239
1888 - 1971
HPI: 39.46
Rank: 240
1888 - 1989
HPI: 39.39
Rank: 241
1888 - 1972
HPI: 39.15
Rank: 242
1888 - 1958
HPI: 39.11
Rank: 243
1888 - 1963
HPI: 38.24
Rank: 244
1848 - 1923
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 101
1833 - 1923
HPI: 43.14
Rank: 102
1849 - 1923
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 103
1866 - 1923
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 104
1852 - 1923
HPI: 42.32
Rank: 105
1872 - 1923
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 106
1888 - 1923
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 107
1839 - 1923
HPI: 34.25
Rank: 108
Among people born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 964 out of 1,237. Before 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).
1981 - Present
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 958
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.87
Rank: 959
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 960
1955 - Present
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 961
1954 - Present
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 962
1959 - Present
HPI: 39.64
Rank: 963
1888 - 1923
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 964
1944 - Present
HPI: 39.62
Rank: 965
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.58
Rank: 966
1969 - Present
HPI: 39.47
Rank: 967
1991 - Present
HPI: 39.42
Rank: 968
1965 - Present
HPI: 39.38
Rank: 969
1983 - Present
HPI: 39.35
Rank: 970
Among geologists born in Austria, Walther Penck ranks 2. Before him are Milutin Milanković (1879).