GEOLOGIST

Barnum Brown

1873 - 1963

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Barnum Brown (February 12, 1873 – February 5, 1963), commonly referred to as Mr. Bones, was an American paleontologist. He discovered the first documented remains of Tyrannosaurus during a career that made him one of the most famous fossil hunters working from the late Victorian era into the early 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barnum Brown is the 40th most popular geologist (down from 29th in 2019), the 5,461st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,291st in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Barnum Brown ranks 40 out of 90. Before him are Albert Heim, Maria Klenova, Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, and Édouard Lartet. After him are Adolphe d'Archiac, Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Joachim Barrande, Hiroo Kanamori, Lawrence Lambe, and Alfred Lacroix.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Barnum Brown ranks 124. Before him are Miklós Bánffy, Michele Besso, Richard von Kühlmann, Hamida Javanshir, Constance Titus, and Mikhail Prishvin. After him are Wojciech Korfanty, Maurice Verdonck, Antonín Švehla, Pyotr Chardynin, Charles Avery, and Antun Gustav Matoš. Among people deceased in 1963, Barnum Brown ranks 118. Before him are Benjamin Jones, Erik Lundqvist, József Nagy, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Jens Hundseid, and Lisa Tetzner. After him are Woldemar Hägglund, Benny Moré, Margaret Murray, Vsevolod Ivanov, Louis Bastien, and Erich Ollenhauer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Barnum Brown ranks 5,461 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), Carmen McRae (1922), Mike Todd (1909), Michael Graves (1934), and Charles Horton Peck (1833). After him are Fred Thompson (1942), Brock Lesnar (1977), Roger Marshall (1960), Sylvanus Morley (1883), Chris Carter (1956), and Eileen Brennan (1932).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Barnum Brown ranks 4. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Walter Alvarez (1940), and Harry Hammond Hess (1906). After him are Niles Eldredge (1943), James Hall (1811), Hugo Benioff (1899), M. King Hubbert (1903), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), William Barton Rogers (1804), David A. Johnston (1949), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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