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John Tuzo Wilson

1908 - 1993

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John Tuzo Wilson (October 24, 1908 – April 15, 1993) was a Canadian geophysicist and geologist who achieved worldwide acclaim for his contributions to the theory of plate tectonics. He added the concept of hot spots, a volcanic region hotter than the surrounding mantle (as in the Hawaii hotspot). He also conceived of the transform fault, a major plate boundary where two plates move past each other horizontally (e.g., the San Andreas Fault). His name was given to two young Canadian submarine volcanoes called the Tuzo Wilson Seamounts. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Tuzo Wilson is the 27th most popular geologist (down from 25th in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Canada (down from 159th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, John Tuzo Wilson ranks 27 out of 90. Before him are Christian Leopold von Buch, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Ignacy Domeyko, Giuseppe Mercalli, William Buckland, and Norman L. Bowen. After him are Alexander von Keyserling, Vladimir Obruchev, Arthur Holmes, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Harry Hammond Hess, and Alexander Karpinsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, John Tuzo Wilson ranks 157. Before him are Fritz Fischer, Doria Shafik, Elio Vittorini, Sam Giancana, Louis, Prince of Hesse and by Rhine, and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar. After him are Nicholas Kaldor, Richard Wright, William Hartnell, Henryk Zygalski, Leo Sternbach, and Štefan Čambal. Among people deceased in 1993, John Tuzo Wilson ranks 110. Before him are Wolfgang Lotz, Shovkat Alakbarova, Sun Ra, Monte Melkonian, William L. Shirer, and Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov. After him are Richard Jordan, Guido Masetti, Stanley Myers, Henry Hazlitt, Yuri Bezmenov, and Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Tuzo Wilson ranks 196 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Langlands (1936), Bret Hart (1957), Henry Czerny (1959), John van 't Schip (1963), Marie Dressler (1868), and Jeff Wall (1946). After him are Ian Hacking (1936), Shulamith Firestone (1945), Kim Campbell (1947), Deadmau5 (1981), Katheryn Winnick (1977), and Joseph Wiseman (1918).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Canada

Among geologists born in Canada, John Tuzo Wilson ranks 2. Before him are Norman L. Bowen (1887). After him are Lawrence Lambe (1863), Reginald Aldworth Daly (1871), William Edmond Logan (1798), and Claudia Alexander (1959).

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