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Alexander Fersman

1883 - 1945

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Alexander Evgenyevich Fersman (Russian: Александр Евгеньевич Ферсман; 8 November 1883 – 20 May 1945) was a prominent Soviet Russian geochemist and mineralogist, and a member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1919–1945). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Fersman is the 396th most popular explorer (down from 385th in 2019), the 1,716th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,732nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Russian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Alexander Fersman ranks 396 out of 498. Before him are Oscar Dickson, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Frank Wild, Yakov Sannikov, Lourenço de Almeida, and Lachlan Macquarie. After him are García López de Cárdenas, Álvaro Fernandes, Artur Chilingarov, Frederick William Beechey, George Nares, and Richard Maack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Alexander Fersman ranks 202. Before him are Gheorghe Argeșanu, Ernst Stadler, Fred Pentland, Gösta Olson, Baltasar Brum, and Manolis Kalomiris. After him are Trần Trọng Kim, Ludomir Różycki, Rube Goldberg, Pietro Bianchi, Pentti Eskola, and Dorothy Holman. Among people deceased in 1945, Alexander Fersman ranks 285. Before him are Vilmos Apor, Ferenc Csik, Anders Larsson, Bruno Frank, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, and Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard. After him are Reynold A. Nicholson, Ragnar Östberg, Ernst Ahl, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Eugen Bolz, and John Bray.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Fersman ranks 1,716 out of 3,761. Before him are Elena Belova (1947), Vsevolod of Pskov (null), Nikolay Zabolotsky (1903), Lev Chernyi (1890), Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1857), and Albert Coates (1882). After him are Tatyana Anisimova (1949), Alfred Asikainen (1888), Inna Makarova (1926), Endel Tulving (1927), Barys Kit (1910), and Vadym Meller (1884).

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Among EXPLORERS In Russia

Among explorers born in Russia, Alexander Fersman ranks 26. Before him are Irina Solovyova (1937), Khariton Laptev (1700), Pyotr Anjou (1796), Stepan Krasheninnikov (1711), Gombojab Tsybikov (1873), and Yakov Sannikov (1780). After him are Artur Chilingarov (1939), Gennady Nevelskoy (1813), Mikhail Somov (1908), Vassili Poyarkov (null), Grigory Grum-Grshimailo (1860), and Georgy Ushakov (1901).

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