GEOLOGIST

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz

1887 - 1966

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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (30 July 1887 – 10 August 1966) was a Dutch geophysicist and geodesist. He is known for his invention of a precise method for measuring gravity (gravimetry). Thanks to his invention, it became possible to measure gravity at sea, which led him to the discovery of gravity anomalies above the ocean floor. He later attributed these anomalies to continental drift. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Andries Vening Meinesz is the 75th most popular geologist (down from 60th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 800th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 75 out of 90. Before him are Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, William Barton Rogers, Andrey Arkhangelsky, and Joseph Thomson. After him are Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, Anna Missuna, Ivan Gubkin, Walther Penck, and John Bell Hatcher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 251. Before him are Samuel Eliot Morison, Erich Hecke, Karl Taylor Compton, Carl Ebert, Ahmet Haşim, and Guðjón Samúelsson. After him are George Abbott, Martín Luis Guzmán, Rudolph Schindler, Emil Magnusson, Umberto Zanolini, and Emilio Lunghi. Among people deceased in 1966, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 196. Before him are Dimitar Dimov, Alice Pearce, Anders Petersen, Paula Strasberg, Avtandil Koridze, and Curt Backeberg. After him are Natalena Koroleva, Áron Tamási, Verna Felton, Charles Bassett, Néstor Guillén, and Alma Cogan.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 863 out of 1,646. Before him are Anton Pronk (1941), Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822), Regillio Simons (1973), Andries Jonker (1962), Joris Mathijsen (1980), and Puck van Heel (1904). After him are Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841), Guido Imbens (1963), Maria Vierdag (1905), Bas Paauwe (1911), Conny Vandenbos (1937), and Winston Bogarde (1970).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among geologists born in Netherlands, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz ranks 1. 

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