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Carl Friedrich Schmidt

1832 - 1908

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Carl Friedrich Schmidt (Russian: Фёдор Богданович Шмидт, Fyodor Bogdanovich Schmidt; also known as Friedrich Schmidt; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1832 in Kaisma, Livonia – 21 November [O.S. 8 November] 1908 in Saint Petersburg) was a Baltic German geologist and botanist in the Russian Empire. He is acknowledged as the founder of Estonian geology. In the mid-19th century, he researched Estonian oil shale, kukersite, and named it after Kuckers. Main papers of Friedrich Schmidt research the stratigraphy and fauna of Lower Palaeozoic rocks in Estonia and the neighboring areas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Friedrich Schmidt is the 48th most popular geologist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 126th most popular biography from Estonia (down from 112th in 2019) and the most popular Estonian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Carl Friedrich Schmidt ranks 48 out of 90. Before him are Gustav Heinrich Ralph von Koenigswald, Joachim Barrande, Hiroo Kanamori, Lawrence Lambe, Alfred Lacroix, and Henryk Arctowski. After him are Niles Eldredge, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, William Nicol, Julius von Haast, Luigi Palmieri, and John Phillips.

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Among people born in 1832, Carl Friedrich Schmidt ranks 69. Before him are Johann Joseph Abert, Lina Sandell, Alvan Graham Clark, Lucretia Garfield, Miroslav Tyrš, and Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line. After him are Larin Paraske, Max Lange, Mary Ann Cotton, Sergey Botkin, Léon Gautier, and Victor Meirelles. Among people deceased in 1908, Carl Friedrich Schmidt ranks 77. Before him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Paulsen, Ernest Hébert, René Panhard, Milovan Glišić, and Ernest Fenollosa. After him are William Edward Ayrton, Baron Ignaz von Plener, Manuel Curros Enríquez, Paul Taffanel, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, and Rūdolfs Blaumanis.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Carl Friedrich Schmidt ranks 126 out of 351. Before him are Eve Kivi (1938), Johan Pitka (1872), Emma Asson (1889), Vaino Väljas (1931), Rudolf Tobias (1873), and Juhan Smuul (1922). After him are Martin Klein (1884), Gustav Ernesaks (1908), Jaan Kikkas (1892), Friedebert Tuglas (1886), Eno Raud (1928), and Juhan Liiv (1864).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Estonia

Among geologists born in Estonia, Carl Friedrich Schmidt ranks 1. 

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