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Grove Karl Gilbert

1843 - 1918

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Grove Karl Gilbert (May 6, 1843 – May 1, 1918), known by the abbreviated name G. K. Gilbert in academic literature, was an American geologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Grove Karl Gilbert is the 525th most popular astronomer (up from 533rd in 2019), the 8,300th most popular biography from United States (up from 9,530th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Grove Karl Gilbert ranks 525 out of 644. Before him are Agnes Mary Clerke, Charles Augustus Young, John Broughton, Barnaba Oriani, Yuji Hyakutake, and Royal Harwood Frost. After him are Helen Sawyer Hogg, Matvey Gusev, Marc Aaronson, Kiichirō Furukawa, Anne Sewell Young, and György Kulin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Grove Karl Gilbert ranks 99. Before him are Miguel Antonio Caro, Jules Vandenpeereboom, Kálmán Széll, Dezső Bánffy, Henry M. Leland, and Serapio Calderón. After him are Mihkel Veske, David Payne, Charles Montagu Doughty, C. I. Scofield, Samuel Garman, and Aleksandra Potanina. Among people deceased in 1918, Grove Karl Gilbert ranks 164. Before him are Hanns Braun, Aleksei Evert, Waldemar Rosenberger, Antonios Pepanos, Abbas Sahhat, and John Antoine Nau. After him are V. Volodarsky, Vasily Andreyev, Orville Gibson, Edward Abramowski, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, and Arthur O'Hara Wood.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Grove Karl Gilbert ranks 8,302 out of 20,380. Before him are Lee Calhoun (1933), Susan Cabot (1927), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), Barbara Boxer (1940), Diana Barrymore (1921), and Chad Everett (1937). After him are Frederica von Stade (1945), Clarence Darrow (1857), Pat O'Brien (1899), William Schuman (1910), Dylan O'Brien (1991), and Natalie Talmadge (1896).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In United States

Among astronomers born in United States, Grove Karl Gilbert ranks 103. Before him are Margaret Harwood (1885), Charlotte Moore Sitterly (1898), Edwin Foster Coddington (1870), DeLisle Stewart (1870), Charles Augustus Young (1834), and Royal Harwood Frost (1879). After him are Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905), Marc Aaronson (1950), Anne Sewell Young (1871), David Todd Wilkinson (1935), Benjamin Banneker (1731), and John Huchra (1948).

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