GEOLOGIST

Francis Beaufort

1774 - 1857

Francis Beaufort

Sir Francis Beaufort ( BOH-fərt; 27 May 1774 – 17 December 1857) was an Irish hydrographer and naval officer who created the Beaufort cipher and the Beaufort scale. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Beaufort is the 12th most popular geologist, the 47th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 35th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Geologist.

Francis Beaufort is most famous for the Beaufort Wind Scale, which he created in 1805.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Francis Beaufort ranks 12 out of 90. Before him are Charles Lyell, Friedrich Mohs, James Hutton, Mary Anning, Eduard Suess, and Andrija Mohorovičić. After him are Abraham Gottlob Werner, Beno Gutenberg, Gideon Mantell, Vasily Dokuchaev, Walter Alvarez, and William Smith.

Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia

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Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 6
Friedrich Mohs
1773 - 1839
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 7
James Hutton
1726 - 1797
HPI: 71.28
Rank: 8
Mary Anning
1799 - 1847
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 9
Eduard Suess
1831 - 1914
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 10
Andrija Mohorovičić
1857 - 1936
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 11
Francis Beaufort
1774 - 1857
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 12
Abraham Gottlob Werner
1749 - 1817
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 13
Beno Gutenberg
1889 - 1960
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 14
Gideon Mantell
1790 - 1852
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 15
Vasily Dokuchaev
1846 - 1903
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 16
Walter Alvarez
1940 - Present
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 17
William Smith
1769 - 1839
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 18

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Francis Beaufort ranks 6. Before him are Caspar David Friedrich, Daniel D. Tompkins, Jean-Baptiste Biot, Anne Catherine Emmerich, and Auguste de Marmont. After him are Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti, Gaspare Spontini, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge. Among people deceased in 1857, Francis Beaufort ranks 13. Before him are Eugène François Vidocq, Alfred de Musset, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Eugène Sue, Hinrich Lichtenstein, and Louis-Eugène Cavaignac. After him are Pierre-Jean de Béranger, Louis Jacques Thénard, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Alcide d'Orbigny, Gulab Singh, and Johan Christian Dahl.

Others Born in 1774

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Caspar David Friedrich
PAINTER
1774 - 1840
HPI: 80.37
Rank: 1
Daniel D. Tompkins
POLITICIAN
1774 - 1825
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 2
Jean-Baptiste Biot
PHYSICIST
1774 - 1862
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 3
Anne Catherine Emmerich
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1774 - 1824
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 4
Auguste de Marmont
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1774 - 1852
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 5
Francis Beaufort
GEOLOGIST
1774 - 1857
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 6
Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1774 - 1849
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 7
Gaspare Spontini
COMPOSER
1774 - 1851
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 8
Jean Marc Gaspard Itard
PHYSICIAN
1774 - 1838
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 9
Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands
POLITICIAN
1774 - 1837
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 10
Pierre-Narcisse Guérin
PAINTER
1774 - 1833
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 11
Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge
POLITICIAN
1774 - 1850
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 12