GEOLOGIST

John Phillips

1800 - 1874

John Phillips

John Phillips FRS (25 December 1800 – 24 April 1874) was an English geologist. In 1841 he published the first global geologic time scale based on the correlation of fossils in rock strata, thereby helping to standardize terminology including the term Mesozoic, which he invented. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Phillips is the 54th most popular geologist (down from 41st in 2019), the 3,580th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,956th in 2019) and the 11th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, John Phillips ranks 54 out of 90. Before him are Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Niles Eldredge, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, William Nicol, Julius von Haast, and Luigi Palmieri. After him are Gerard De Geer, Paul Niggli, Archibald Geikie, James Hall, Hugo Benioff, and Ferdinand von Hochstetter.

Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia

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Carl Friedrich Schmidt
1832 - 1908
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 48
Niles Eldredge
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 49
Marcel Alexandre Bertrand
1847 - 1907
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 50
William Nicol
1770 - 1851
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 51
Julius von Haast
1822 - 1887
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 52
Luigi Palmieri
1807 - 1896
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 53
John Phillips
1800 - 1874
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 54
Gerard De Geer
1858 - 1943
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 55
Paul Niggli
1888 - 1953
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 56
Archibald Geikie
1835 - 1924
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 57
James Hall
1811 - 1898
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 58
Hugo Benioff
1899 - 1968
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 59
Ferdinand von Hochstetter
1829 - 1884
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 60

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, John Phillips ranks 64. Before him are Mikhail Pogodin, Nat Turner, Kitsos Tzavelas, Otto August Rosenberger, Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, and Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia. After him are Franz Unger, Sayed Morad Khan, Heinrich Göppert, Osip Senkovsky, Ali Shah Durrani, and Gilbert Thomas Burnett. Among people deceased in 1874, John Phillips ranks 47. Before him are Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt, Jean Cruveilhier, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Victor Baltard, and Robert Edmond Grant. After him are Richard Thomas Lowe, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Sylvain Van de Weyer, Charles-Mathias Simons, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, and Ștefan Golescu.

Others Born in 1800

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Mikhail Pogodin
HISTORIAN
1800 - 1875
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 58
Nat Turner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1800 - 1831
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 59
Kitsos Tzavelas
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1865
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 60
Otto August Rosenberger
ASTRONOMER
1800 - 1890
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 61
Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant
CHESS PLAYER
1800 - 1872
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 62
Ramón María Narváez, 1st Duke of Valencia
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1868
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 63
John Phillips
GEOLOGIST
1800 - 1874
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 64
Franz Unger
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1870
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 65
Sayed Morad Khan
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1789
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 66
Heinrich Göppert
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1884
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 67
Osip Senkovsky
WRITER
1800 - 1858
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 68
Ali Shah Durrani
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1900
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 69
Gilbert Thomas Burnett
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1835
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 70

Others Deceased in 1874

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Barthélémy de Theux de Meylandt
POLITICIAN
1794 - 1874
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 41
Jean Cruveilhier
PHYSICIAN
1791 - 1874
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 42
Heinrich von Kittlitz
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1874
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 43
Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt
BIOLOGIST
1785 - 1874
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 44
Victor Baltard
ARCHITECT
1805 - 1874
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 45
Robert Edmond Grant
WRITER
1793 - 1874
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 46
John Phillips
GEOLOGIST
1800 - 1874
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 47
Richard Thomas Lowe
BIOLOGIST
1802 - 1874
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 48
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1874
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 49
Sylvain Van de Weyer
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1874
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 50
Charles-Mathias Simons
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1874
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 51
Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1874
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 52
Ștefan Golescu
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1874
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 53