GEOLOGIST

William Edmond Logan

1798 - 1875

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Sir William Edmond Logan, FRSE FRS FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875), was a Canadian-born geologist and the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Edmond Logan has received more than 57,556 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Edmond Logan is the 88th most popular geologist (down from 73rd in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Canada (down from 659th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, William Edmond Logan ranks 88 out of 90. Before him are Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Walther Penck, Charles Lapworth, John Bell Hatcher, and Dan McKenzie. After him are Claudia Alexander, and Michael E. Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, William Edmond Logan ranks 61. Before him are Christoph Gudermann, José Hilario López, Thomas Henderson, Jacques Bernard Hombron, John Adams Dix, and George Don.  Among people deceased in 1875, William Edmond Logan ranks 85. Before him are Ivan Kuratov, William Sterndale Bennett, Zsigmond Kemény, Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, Thomas Baines, and Dragojla Jarnević. After him is John B. Weller.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Edmond Logan ranks 791 out of 1,622. Before him are Stephen Elop (1963), Sylvia Fedoruk (1927), Eddie Shore (1902), Dylan Neal (1969), Lisa Jakub (1978), and Irving Kaplansky (1917). After him are Gerald Emmett Carter (1912), Emily Murphy (1868), Pierre Bouvier (1979), Avan Jogia (1992), Peter Outerbridge (1966), and Trish Stratus (1976).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Canada

Among geologists born in Canada, William Edmond Logan ranks 5. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson (1908), Norman L. Bowen (1887), Lawrence Lambe (1863), and Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871). After him are Claudia Alexander (1959).

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