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Henry Clifton Sorby

1826 - 1908

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Henry Clifton Sorby (10 May 1826 – 9 March 1908) was an English amateur microscopist and geologist. His major contribution was the development of techniques for thin sectioning of rocks and minerals with polarized light under a microscope which was also extended to study iron and steel, his family having been involved in the Sheffield iron and steel industry for generations. He also contributed to the study of meteorites by introducing a method of blowpipe analysis where molten beads were flattened for microscopic study. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1857. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Clifton Sorby is the 64th most popular geologist (down from 51st in 2019), the 3,919th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,351st in 2019) and the 13th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 64 out of 90. Before him are James Hall, Hugo Benioff, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Oskar Lenz, Pentti Eskola, and Reginald Aldworth Daly. After him are Richard Kirwan, Rudolf Geiger, Charles Lapworth, M. King Hubbert, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, and Rinchen Barsbold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 57. Before him are Matilda Joslyn Gage, Domenico Morelli, Silvestro Lega, Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, Friedrich Chrysander, and Joseph Victor von Scheffel. After him are José María Medina, Sereno Watson, Matvey Gusev, José Eusebio Otalora, Juan Pablo Rojas Paúl, and Emily Blackwell. Among people deceased in 1908, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 92. Before him are Hashimoto Gahō, Lorenz Frølich, Svatopluk Čech, Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby, John Evans, and Walter Leistikow. After him are Silvije Strahimir Kranjčević, Marco Aurelio Soto, Charles Augustus Young, José Manuel Marroquín, Carl Koldewey, and Federico Chueca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 3,920 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), W. W. Jacobs (1863), Charles Avison (1709), William Froude (1810), Verney Lovett Cameron (1844), and Hilda of Whitby (614). After him are Jeremy Kemp (1935), Dennis Brain (1921), Geoff Nicholls (1948), George Raynor (1907), Jenny Agutter (1952), and Sydney Greenstreet (1879).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Henry Clifton Sorby ranks 13. Before him are Adam Sedgwick (1785), William Buckland (1784), Arthur Holmes (1890), William Nicol (1770), John Phillips (1800), and Archibald Geikie (1835). After him are Charles Lapworth (1842), Joseph Thomson (1858), Robert Jameson (1774), Henry De la Beche (1796), and Dan McKenzie (1942).

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