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Charles Doolittle Walcott

1850 - 1927

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Charles Doolittle Walcott (March 31, 1850 – February 9, 1927) was an American paleontologist, administrator of the Smithsonian Institution from 1907 to 1927, and director of the United States Geological Survey. He is famous for his discovery in 1909 of well-preserved fossils, including some of the oldest soft-part imprints, in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Doolittle Walcott is the 10,606th most popular politician (down from 10,306th in 2019), the 4,122nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,636th in 2019) and the 354th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Charles Doolittle Walcott ranks 10,606 out of 19,576. Before him are Eadgifu of Wessex, Antoni Martí, Vakhtang VI of Kartli, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, and Lothar Bisky. After him are Martti Miettunen, Emma Darwin, Rudrama Devi, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, Pygmalion of Tyre, and Jovenel Moïse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Charles Doolittle Walcott ranks 52. Before him are David Schwarz, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Alexander von Linsingen, Xaver Scharwenka, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, and Edward Bellamy. After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Jean-François Raffaëlli, Cut Nyak Dhien, Alphonse Pénaud, Gregory VII of Constantinople, and Josias von Heeringen. Among people deceased in 1927, Charles Doolittle Walcott ranks 73. Before him are Fyodor Sologub, Hermann Muthesius, Princess Clotilde of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Charles Nungesser, Laurits Tuxen, and Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz. After him are Gustave Whitehead, Dashi-Dorzho Itigilov, Émile Coste, Erik Ivar Fredholm, Francis Lane, and Carl Graebe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Doolittle Walcott ranks 4,122 out of 20,380. Before him are Andrew Cunanan (1969), Leonard Adleman (1945), Carl Wilson (1946), Eric Roth (1945), Sewall Wright (1889), and Patrick Wayne (1939). After him are Chrissie Hynde (1951), John Ashbery (1927), Walter Jackson Freeman II (1895), Jedediah Smith (1799), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), and Julie Newmar (1933).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Charles Doolittle Walcott ranks 354. Before him are Joseph B. Foraker (1846), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Jesse Ventura (1951), Charles Foster (1828), Lynne Cheney (1941), and Jeannette Rankin (1880). After him are Grace Coolidge (1879), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Kamehameha V (1830), David Duke (1950), Robert H. Jackson (1892), and Letitia Christian Tyler (1790).

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