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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 53,057 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Edmond Logan is the 74th most popular geologist, the 660th most popular biography from Canada and the 5th most popular Canadian Geologist.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, William Edmond Logan ranks 74 out of 59. Before him are Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Paul Niggli, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, John Bell Hatcher, Charles Lapworth, and Walther Penck. After him are Michael E. Mann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, William Edmond Logan ranks 52. Before him are Gustav Rose, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Jacques Jasmin, Mirabeau B. Lamar, John Adams Dix, and Christoph Gudermann. After him is George Don. Among people deceased in 1875, William Edmond Logan ranks 76. Before him are Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Aristeidis Moraitinis, Julián Castro, Ivan Kuratov, Thomas Baines, and Juan Crisóstomo Torrico. After him is John B. Weller.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Edmond Logan ranks 660 out of 1,350. Before him are Missy Peregrym (1982), Joe Sakic (1969), Kate McGarrigle (1946), Calvin Bricker (1884), Lindy Booth (1979), and Fikayo Tomori (1997). After him are Gilles Duceppe (1947), Emily Bett Rickards (1991), Bruce LaBruce (1964), Christophe Beck (1972), Adam Gontier (1978), and Chrystia Freeland (1968).

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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).

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