GEOLOGIST

Alexander Karpinsky

1846 - 1936

Alexander Karpinsky

Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (Russian: Александр Петрович Карпинский, trl. Aljeksandr Pjetrovič Karpinskij; 7 January 1847 [O.S. 26 December 1846] – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and later Academy of Sciences of the USSR, in 1917–1936. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Karpinsky is the 33rd most popular geologist (up from 42nd in 2019), the 1,179th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,514th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Russian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Alexander Karpinsky ranks 33 out of 90. Before him are John Tuzo Wilson, Alexander von Keyserling, Vladimir Obruchev, Arthur Holmes, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, and Harry Hammond Hess. After him are Albert Heim, Maria Klenova, Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, and Édouard Lartet.

Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia

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John Tuzo Wilson
1908 - 1993
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 27
Alexander von Keyserling
1815 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 28
Vladimir Obruchev
1863 - 1956
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 29
Arthur Holmes
1890 - 1965
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 30
Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann
1797 - 1873
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 31
Harry Hammond Hess
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 32
Alexander Karpinsky
1846 - 1936
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 33
Albert Heim
1849 - 1937
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 34
Maria Klenova
1898 - 1976
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 35
Ferdinand Zirkel
1838 - 1912
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 36
Harry Rosenbusch
1836 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 37
Léon Teisserenc de Bort
1855 - 1913
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 38
Édouard Lartet
1801 - 1871
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 39

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Alexander Karpinsky ranks 67. Before him are Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti, Emil Warburg, Edouard Van Beneden, Martin Wegelius, Holger Drachmann, and Ernest Monis. After him are Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Johann Most, Ignaz Brüll, Charles Stewart Parnell, Giuseppe De Nittis, and Vladimir Makovsky. Among people deceased in 1936, Alexander Karpinsky ranks 116. Before him are Georges Vacher de Lapouge, Konstantinos Demertzis, Juliette Adam, Karl Buresch, Ignacy Daszyński, and Ferdynand Ruszczyc. After him are Eino Rahja, Leon Wyczółkowski, Huang Fu, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, and Marianne Hainisch.

Others Born in 1846

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Prince Gaetan, Count of Girgenti
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1871
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 61
Emil Warburg
PHYSICIST
1846 - 1931
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 62
Edouard Van Beneden
BIOLOGIST
1846 - 1910
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 63
Martin Wegelius
COMPOSER
1846 - 1906
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 64
Holger Drachmann
WRITER
1846 - 1908
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 65
Ernest Monis
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1929
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 66
Alexander Karpinsky
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1936
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 67
Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1902
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 68
Johann Most
WRITER
1846 - 1906
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 69
Ignaz Brüll
MUSICIAN
1846 - 1907
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 70
Charles Stewart Parnell
POLITICIAN
1846 - 1891
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 71
Giuseppe De Nittis
PAINTER
1846 - 1884
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 72
Vladimir Makovsky
PAINTER
1846 - 1920
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 73

Others Deceased in 1936

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Georges Vacher de Lapouge
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1854 - 1936
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 110
Konstantinos Demertzis
POLITICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 111
Juliette Adam
WRITER
1836 - 1936
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 112
Karl Buresch
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1936
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 113
Ignacy Daszyński
POLITICIAN
1866 - 1936
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 114
Ferdynand Ruszczyc
PAINTER
1870 - 1936
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 115
Alexander Karpinsky
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1936
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 116
Eino Rahja
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1885 - 1936
HPI: 59.33
Rank: 117
Leon Wyczółkowski
PAINTER
1852 - 1936
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 118
Huang Fu
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1936
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 119
Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1936
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 120
Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1856 - 1936
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 121
Marianne Hainisch
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1839 - 1936
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 122

In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Alexander Karpinsky ranks 1,179 out of 3,761. Before him are Valery Rozhdestvensky (1939), Anna Filosofova (1837), Solomon Lefschetz (1884), Olena Teliha (1906), Yulian Semyonov (1931), and Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia (1890). After him are Paul Gorguloff (1895), George Volkoff (1914), Denis Davydov (1784), Aleksandra Beļcova (1892), Valerian Zorin (1902), and Aleksandr Serebrov (1944).

Others born in Russia

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Valery Rozhdestvensky
ASTRONAUT
1939 - 2011
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,173
Anna Filosofova
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1837 - 1912
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,174
Solomon Lefschetz
MATHEMATICIAN
1884 - 1972
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,175
Olena Teliha
WRITER
1906 - 1942
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,176
Yulian Semyonov
WRITER
1931 - 1993
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,177
Princess Tatiana Constantinovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1979
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,178
Alexander Karpinsky
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1936
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 1,179
Paul Gorguloff
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1895 - 1932
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,180
George Volkoff
PHYSICIST
1914 - 2000
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 1,181
Denis Davydov
WRITER
1784 - 1839
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,182
Aleksandra Beļcova
PAINTER
1892 - 1981
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 1,183
Valerian Zorin
POLITICIAN
1902 - 1986
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,184
Aleksandr Serebrov
ASTRONAUT
1944 - 2013
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 1,185