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James Lovelock

1919 - 2022

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James Ephraim Lovelock (26 July 1919 – 26 July 2022) was an English independent scientist, environmentalist and futurist. He is best known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, which postulates that the Earth functions as a self-regulating system. With a PhD in the chemistry of disinfection, Lovelock began his career performing cryopreservation experiments on rodents, including successfully thawing and reviving frozen specimens. His methods were influential in the theories of cryonics (the cryopreservation of humans). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. James Lovelock is the 25th most popular geographer (down from 20th in 2019), the 1,058th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 758th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Geographer.

James Lovelock is most famous for his Gaia hypothesis, which he first presented in the 1970s. The Gaia hypothesis states that the Earth's biosphere and the physical components of the Earth (atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere) are closely integrated to form a complex interacting system that maintains the climatic and biogeochemical conditions on Earth favorable to life.

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Among geographers, James Lovelock ranks 25 out of 86. Before him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, William Morris Davis, Élisée Reclus, and Fra Mauro. After him are Zakariya al-Qazwini, Sebastian Münster, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Johann Georg Gmelin, Albrecht Penck, and Abraham Cresques.

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Among people born in 1919, James Lovelock ranks 52. Before him are Lex Barker, Jackie Robinson, Godfrey Hounsfield, Mohamed Boudiaf, René Barrientos, and Elisabeth Volkenrath. After him are Georges Duby, Osvaldo Dorticós Torrado, Abdel Hakim Amer, Chavela Vargas, Ian Smith, and Mieczysław Weinberg. Among people deceased in 2022, James Lovelock ranks 76. Before him are Ichirou Mizuki, Tony Brooks, Frank Drake, Edward C. Prescott, Ivan Reitman, and Jean-Jacques Sempé. After him are Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Siniša Mihajlović, Ricardo Bofill, Bernard Cribbins, Fred Ward, and Klaus Schulze.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Lovelock ranks 1,058 out of 8,785. Before him are Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Anna Atkins (1799), Julian Huxley (1887), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), John Balliol (1249), and P. G. Wodehouse (1881). After him are Tim Roth (1961), Alexander III of Scotland (1241), Arthur Cayley (1821), Thomas Tallis (1502), Robert III of Scotland (1330), and Edward Kelley (1555).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In United Kingdom

Among geographers born in United Kingdom, James Lovelock ranks 3. Before him are David Harvey (1935), and George Everest (1790). After him are Doreen Massey (1944), John Walter Gregory (1864), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), John Speed (1551), Thomas Griffith Taylor (1880), and Alexander Keith Johnston (1804).

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