GEOLOGIST

Hugo Benioff

1899 - 1968

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Victor Hugo Benioff (September 14, 1899 – February 29, 1968) was an American seismologist and a professor at the California Institute of Technology. He is best remembered for his work in charting the location of deep earthquakes in the Pacific Ocean. Benioff was born in Los Angeles. His father was a Jewish immigrant from Kyiv in the Russian Empire and his mother a Lutheran from Sweden. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Benioff is the 59th most popular geologist (down from 56th in 2019), the 7,148th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,706th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Hugo Benioff ranks 59 out of 90. Before him are Luigi Palmieri, John Phillips, Gerard De Geer, Paul Niggli, Archibald Geikie, and James Hall. After him are Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Oskar Lenz, Pentti Eskola, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Henry Clifton Sorby, and Richard Kirwan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Hugo Benioff ranks 229. Before him are Giuseppe Amato, György Piller, Eva Le Gallienne, Charlotte Auerbach, Eugeniusz Bodo, and Kamala Nehru. After him are Sherm Clark, Hoagy Carmichael, Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Juan Arremón, Maria Wittek, and Szolem Mandelbrojt. Among people deceased in 1968, Hugo Benioff ranks 190. Before him are Francis Biddle, Luigi Cevenini, Martin Frič, René Navarre, Kay Francis, and Antonio Pietrangeli. After him are Jess Willard, Astrid Cleve, Dorothy Holman, Pietro Pastore, Marion Lorne, and Willy Jäggi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugo Benioff ranks 7,150 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Raver (1969), Matt Ross (1970), Ad Reinhardt (1913), Trish Van Devere (1941), Johnny "Guitar" Watson (1935), and Kay Francis (1905). After him are Candida Royalle (1950), Michael Hoffman (1956), Sherm Clark (1899), Evelyn Lear (1926), Ally Sheedy (1962), and Leonard Rosenman (1924).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, Hugo Benioff ranks 7. Before him are Charles Francis Richter (1900), Walter Alvarez (1940), Harry Hammond Hess (1906), Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), and James Hall (1811). After him are M. King Hubbert (1903), Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829), William Barton Rogers (1804), David A. Johnston (1949), John Bell Hatcher (1861), and Daniel Barringer (1860).

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