GEOLOGIST

Harry Hammond Hess

1906 - 1969

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Harry Hammond Hess (May 24, 1906 – August 25, 1969) was an American geologist and a United States Navy officer in World War II who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of plate tectonics. He published theories on sea floor spreading, specifically on relationships between island arcs, seafloor gravity anomalies, and serpentinized peridotite, suggesting that the convection in the Earth's mantle is the driving force behind this process. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Hammond Hess is the 32nd most popular geologist (up from 34th in 2019), the 4,700th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,745th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 32 out of 90. Before him are Norman L. Bowen, John Tuzo Wilson, Alexander von Keyserling, Vladimir Obruchev, Arthur Holmes, and Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann. After him are Alexander Karpinsky, Albert Heim, Maria Klenova, Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, and Léon Teisserenc de Bort.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 183. Before him are Jean Leray, Walter Legge, René Huyghe, William J. Brennan Jr., Igor Moiseyev, and Sergei Gerasimov. After him are Paul Sacher, Nils Axelsson, Rolf Singer, Ulanhu, Fazıl Küçük, and Ango Sakaguchi. Among people deceased in 1969, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 115. Before him are Constantin Ion Parhon, Lajos Czeizler, Mutesa II of Buganda, Adolfo Consolini, Krzysztof Komeda, and Peter van Eyck. After him are Gerhard Mitter, Karl Kaufmann, Madhubala, Jan Zajíc, Conrad Albrecht, and Karl Freund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 4,700 out of 20,380. Before him are Metta World Peace (1979), Steve Lukather (1957), Mary Ellen Weber (1962), Movita Castaneda (1916), Bobby Riggs (1918), and Robert D. Putnam (1941). After him are Dana Andrews (1909), Clifton Collins Jr. (1970), Frankie Faison (1949), Steve Smith (1954), Jim Brown (1936), and Zoë Wanamaker (1949).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Harry Hammond Hess ranks 3. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), and Walter Alvarez (1940). After him are Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), James Hall (1811), Hugo Benioff (1899), M. King Hubbert (1903), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), William Barton Rogers (1804), David A. Johnston (1949), and John Bell Hatcher (1861).

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