GEOLOGIST

Andrija Mohorovičić

1857 - 1936

Andrija Mohorovičić

Andrija Mohorovičić (23 January 1857 – 18 December 1936) was a Croatian geophysicist. He is best known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered one of the founders of modern seismology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrija Mohorovičić is the 7th most popular geologist, the 18th most popular biography from Croatia and the most popular Croatian Geologist.

Andrija Mohorovičić is most famous for discovering the Mohorovičić discontinuity, a boundary between the Earth's crust and the Earth's mantle.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 7 out of 90. Before him are Alfred Wegener, Milutin Milanković, Charles Francis Richter, Nicolas Steno, Charles Lyell, and Inge Lehmann. After him are Mary Anning, James Hutton, Eduard Suess, Friedrich Mohs, Francis Beaufort, and Vasily Dokuchaev.

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Alfred Wegener
1880 - 1930
HPI: 78.43
Rank: 1
Milutin Milanković
1879 - 1958
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 2
Charles Francis Richter
1900 - 1985
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 3
Nicolas Steno
1638 - 1686
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 4
Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 5
Inge Lehmann
1888 - 1993
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 6
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 7
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 8
James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 9
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 10
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 12
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 13

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 23. Before him are Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alfred Binet, Theo van Gogh, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Paul Doumer, and Antoni Grabowski. After him are Edward Emerson Barnard, Axel Munthe, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1936, Andrija Mohorovičić ranks 29. Before him are Louis Blériot, Buenaventura Durruti, Ottorino Respighi, Hans von Seeckt, Karl Kraus, and Charles Nicolle. After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Róbert Bárány, Moritz Schlick, Robert E. Howard, Anne Sullivan, and Georg Michaelis.

Others Born in 1857

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Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
ENGINEER
1857 - 1935
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 15
Alfred Binet
PSYCHOLOGIST
1857 - 1911
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 16
Theo van Gogh
PAINTER
1857 - 1891
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 17
Eugen Bleuler
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1939
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 18
Alexander of Battenberg
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1893
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 19
Julius Wagner-Jauregg
PHYSICIAN
1857 - 1940
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 20
Paul Doumer
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1932
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 21
Antoni Grabowski
CHEMIST
1857 - 1921
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 22
Andrija Mohorovičić
GEOLOGIST
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 23
Edward Emerson Barnard
ASTRONOMER
1857 - 1923
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 24
Axel Munthe
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1857 - 1949
HPI: 70.59
Rank: 25
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
PHILOSOPHER
1857 - 1939
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 26
Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1857 - 1905
HPI: 69.96
Rank: 27

Others Deceased in 1936

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Louis Blériot
INVENTOR
1872 - 1936
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 23
Buenaventura Durruti
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1896 - 1936
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 24
Ottorino Respighi
COMPOSER
1879 - 1936
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 25
Hans von Seeckt
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1866 - 1936
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 26
Karl Kraus
WRITER
1874 - 1936
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 27
Charles Nicolle
PHYSICIAN
1866 - 1936
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 28
Andrija Mohorovičić
GEOLOGIST
1857 - 1936
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 29
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1861 - 1936
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 30
Róbert Bárány
PHYSICIAN
1876 - 1936
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 31
Moritz Schlick
PHILOSOPHER
1882 - 1936
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 32
Robert E. Howard
WRITER
1906 - 1936
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 33
Anne Sullivan
PHILOSOPHER
1866 - 1936
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 34
Georg Michaelis
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1936
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 35