GEOLOGIST

William Barton Rogers

1804 - 1882

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William Barton Rogers (December 7, 1804 – May 30, 1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A acclaimed lecturer in the physical sciences, Rogers taught at College of William & Mary (1828–1835) and the University of Virginia (1835–1853). While at the university, he served as Virginia's first state geologist and led the state's first geological survey. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Barton Rogers has received more than 179,680 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Barton Rogers is the 65th most popular geologist, the 7,916th most popular biography from United States and the 7th most popular American Geologist.

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  • 46.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, William Barton Rogers ranks 65 out of 90. Before him are James Hall, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Archibald Geikie, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, Robert Jameson, and Maria Klenova. After him are William Nicol, Ivan Gubkin, Walter Alvarez, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, and Lawrence Lambe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, William Barton Rogers ranks 69. Before him are Johan Nicolai Madvig, Peder Balke, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, and Fruto Chamorro. After him are Emma Smith, József Bajza, William Stokes, Jane Irwin Harrison, Charles Magill Conrad, and Alexander Keith Johnston. Among people deceased in 1882, William Barton Rogers ranks 68. Before him are Katarina Ivanović, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, James Spriggs Payne, and George Perkins Marsh. After him are William Harrison Ainsworth, James Challis, William Shanks, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Nain Singh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Barton Rogers ranks 7,916 out of 20,380. Before him are K. C. Jones (1932), Wilford Woodruff (1807), Carlos Bernard (1962), David Diamond (1915), Barry Van Dyke (1951), and Michael Murphy (1938). After him are Tory Lane (1982), Chris von Saltza (1944), Paula Prentiss (1938), Alexis Arquette (1969), Deontay Wilder (1985), and Kenny Barron (1943).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, William Barton Rogers ranks 7. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Barnum Brown (1873), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Niles Eldredge (1943), Hugo Benioff (1899), and James Hall (1811). After him are Walter Alvarez (1940), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), M. King Hubbert (1903), David A. Johnston (1949), Daniel Barringer (1860), and Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843).

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