GEOLOGIST

Eduard Suess

1831 - 1914

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Eduard Suess (Austrian German: [ˈeːdu.ard ˈsyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and an expert on the geography of the Alps. He is responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana (proposed in 1861) and the Tethys Ocean. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eduard Suess is the 10th most popular geologist, the 647th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 618th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Geologist.

Eduard Suess is most famous for his work in geology. His most important work is his book "The Face of the Earth."

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Eduard Suess ranks 10 out of 90. Before him are Milutin Milanković, Inge Lehmann, Charles Lyell, Friedrich Mohs, James Hutton, and Mary Anning. After him are Andrija Mohorovičić, Francis Beaufort, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Beno Gutenberg, Gideon Mantell, and Vasily Dokuchaev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Eduard Suess ranks 14. Before him are Richard Dedekind, Xianfeng Emperor, Savitribai Phule, Leo von Caprivi, Lucy Webb Hayes, and Cheoljong of Joseon. After him are Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Johann Martin Schleyer, Joseph Joachim, Victorien Sardou, Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, and Duke Ludwig Wilhelm in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1914, Eduard Suess ranks 17. Before him are George Westinghouse, Georg Trakl, Jean Jaurès, August Weismann, August Macke, and Ismail Gaspirali. After him are Louis Couturat, Maximilian von Spee, Alexander Samsonov, Alphonse Bertillon, Ambrose Bierce, and Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Eduard Suess ranks 647 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Balfour (1848), Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855), George Graham (1944), Harold Macmillan (1894), Muriel Spark (1918), and Donald Pleasence (1919). After him are Edwin Landseer (1802), John Bonham (1948), Graham Hill (1929), John Dowland (1563), Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844), and Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Eduard Suess ranks 4. Before him are Charles Lyell (1797), James Hutton (1726), and Mary Anning (1799). After him are Gideon Mantell (1790), William Smith (1769), Adam Sedgwick (1785), William Buckland (1784), Arthur Holmes (1890), William Nicol (1770), John Phillips (1800), and Archibald Geikie (1835).

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