GEOLOGIST

Abraham Gottlob Werner

1749 - 1817

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Abraham Gottlob Werner (German: [ˈaːbʁaham ˈɡɔtloːp ˈvɛʁnɐ]; 25 September 1749 – 30 June 1817) was a German geologist who set out an early theory about the stratification of the Earth's crust and propounded a history of the Earth that came to be known as Neptunism. While most tenets of Neptunism were eventually set aside, Werner is remembered for his demonstration of chronological succession in rocks; for the zeal with which he infused his pupils; and for the impulse he thereby gave to the study of geology. He has been called the "father of German geology". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Gottlob Werner is the 13th most popular geologist (up from 14th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Poland (up from 250th in 2019) and the most popular Polish Geologist.

Abraham Gottlob Werner was a German geologist and professor at the University of Freiberg. He is most famous for his work on the geological history of the Earth, which he published in 1837.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 13 out of 90. Before him are Friedrich Mohs, James Hutton, Mary Anning, Eduard Suess, Andrija Mohorovičić, and Francis Beaufort. After him are Beno Gutenberg, Gideon Mantell, Vasily Dokuchaev, Walter Alvarez, William Smith, and Adam Sedgwick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 14. Before him are Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Yolande de Polastron, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Daniel Rutherford, Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre. After him are Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, Martin Vahl, Levi Lincoln Sr., Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, and Johann Nikolaus Forkel. Among people deceased in 1817, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 13. Before him are Karađorđe, Marie Walewska, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Johann Ludwig Burckhardt, and Duke Louis of Württemberg. After him are Nakşidil Sultan, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Fyodor Ushakov, Theroigne de Mericourt, William Bligh, and Jean-André Deluc.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 208 out of 1,694. Before him are Richard Abegg (1869), Frederick I of Württemberg (1754), Grzegorz Lato (1950), Ignacy Mościcki (1867), Hermann Balck (1893), and Felix Hausdorff (1868). After him are Aleksandra Ekster (1882), Hans Lammers (1879), Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (1651), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), Magnus Hirschfeld (1868), and Stefan Wyszyński (1901).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Poland

Among geologists born in Poland, Abraham Gottlob Werner ranks 1. After him are Henryk Arctowski (1871).

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