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Erich von Drygalski

1865 - 1949

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Erich Dagobert von Drygalski (German: [ˈeːʁɪç ˈdaːɡobɛʁt fɔn dʁyˈɡalski]; February 9, 1865 – January 10, 1949) was a German geographer, geophysicist and polar scientist, born in Königsberg, East Prussia. Between 1882 and 1887, Drygalski studied mathematics and natural science at the University of Königsberg, Bonn, Berlin and Leipzig. He graduated with a doctorate thesis about ice shields in Nordic areas. Between 1888 and 1891, he was an assistant at the Geodetic Institute and the Central Office of International Geodetics in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich von Drygalski is the 43rd most popular geographer, the 763rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 856th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Erich von Drygalski ranks 43 out of 86. Before him are Vincenzo Coronelli, Artemidorus Ephesius, Otto Nordenskjöld, Conrad Malte-Brun, Marie Tharp, and Marinus of Tyre. After him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Alfred Hettner, Yi-Fu Tuan, Giovanni Battista Ramusio, Jehuda Cresques, and Jan Janssonius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, Erich von Drygalski ranks 70. Before him are Albéric Magnard, Shigechiyo Izumi, Johannes Franz Hartmann, Pēteris Stučka, Olga Boznańska, and Bronisława Dłuska. After him are Aspazija, Hantaro Nagaoka, Said Halim Pasha, Eduardo di Capua, Princess Elisabeth of Saxe-Altenburg, and Princess Olga Paley. Among people deceased in 1949, Erich von Drygalski ranks 70. Before him are Mariano Fortuny, Prince Ludwig Ferdinand of Bavaria, Jacques Copeau, Alexey Shchusev, Vladimir Nazor, and Lead Belly. After him are Damaskinos of Athens, Amadeo Giannini, Douglas Hyde, Otto Wächter, Ginette Neveu, and Alejandro Lerroux.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Erich von Drygalski ranks 763 out of 3,761. Before him are Ivan Vinogradov (1891), Boris Gromov (1943), Talabuga (1300), Yury Grigorovich (1927), Elvīra Ozoliņa (1939), and Vera Figner (1852). After him are Aleksandra Pakhmutova (1929), Ivan Susanin (1501), Sergei Dovlatov (1941), Arkady Gaidar (1904), Nikolai Voznesensky (1903), and Ivan Sechenov (1829).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Russia

Among geographers born in Russia, Erich von Drygalski ranks 2. Before him are Wladimir Köppen (1846). After him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky (1827), and Yuly Shokalsky (1856).

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