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Jens Esmark

1763 - 1839

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Jens Esmark (31 January 1763 – 26 January 1839) was a Danish-Norwegian professor of mineralogy who contributed to many of the initial discoveries and conceptual analyses of glaciers, specifically the concept that glaciers had covered larger areas in the past. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Esmark is the 76th most popular geologist (down from 75th in 2019). (down from 4,416th in 2019)

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Among geologists, Jens Esmark ranks 76 out of 90. Before him are Rinchen Barsbold, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, William Barton Rogers, Andrey Arkhangelsky, Joseph Thomson, and Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. After him are David A. Johnston, Anna Missuna, Ivan Gubkin, Walther Penck, John Bell Hatcher, and Robert Jameson.

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Among people born in 1763, Jens Esmark ranks 42. Before him are Pierre Adet, Johann Baptist Allgaier, Johann Gottfried Seume, William Cobbett, Wolfe Tone, and János Batsányi. After him is Charles Bulfinch. Among people deceased in 1839, Jens Esmark ranks 40. Before him are Yuriy Venelin, Bhimsen Thapa, Alexander Odoevsky, José María Heredia y Heredia, Hendrik Voogd, and Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Allan Cunningham, William Beechey, Benjamin Morrell, Thomas Bibb, and Sybil Ludington.

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