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Ivan Gubkin

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Ivan Mikhailovich Gubkin (Russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Гу́бкин; September 21 [O.S. September 9] 1871 – 21 April 1939) was a Soviet and Russian geologist and president of the 1937 International Geological Congress in Moscow. He was a petroleum geologist particularly interested the region between the Volga and the Urals. Gubkin was born to a poor farmer's family in the Belgorod area in the South of Russia. In 1895, aged 24 he moved to Saint Petersburg, but, due to the lack of money, could only enroll to a teachers institute. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Gubkin is the 79th most popular geologist (down from 67th in 2019). (down from 4,264th in 2019)

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Among geologists, Ivan Gubkin ranks 79 out of 90. Before him are Andrey Arkhangelsky, Joseph Thomson, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, and Anna Missuna. After him are Walther Penck, John Bell Hatcher, Robert Jameson, Daniel Barringer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, and Michael E. Mann.

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Among people born in 1871, Ivan Gubkin ranks 164. Before him are Manuel Gondra, Aloys Van de Vyvere, Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, Eugen Burg, Yoshioka Yayoi, and Hermanus Brockmann. After him are Winston Churchill, Clarence Hudson White, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Thalia Flora-Karavia, and Poul Heegaard.

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