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Joseph Thomson

1858 - 1895

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Joseph Thomson (14 February 1858 – 2 August 1895) was a British geologist and explorer who played an important part in the Scramble for Africa. Thomson's gazelle and Thomson's Falls, Nyahururu, are named after him. Excelling as an explorer rather than an exact scientist, he avoided confrontations among his porters or with indigenous peoples, neither killing any native nor losing any of his men to violence. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Thomson is the 74th most popular geologist (down from 57th in 2019), the 4,544th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,732nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Joseph Thomson ranks 74 out of 90. Before him are M. King Hubbert, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing, William Barton Rogers, and Andrey Arkhangelsky. After him are Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, Anna Missuna, Ivan Gubkin, and Walther Penck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Joseph Thomson ranks 130. Before him are Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, Furqat, János Fadrusz, Willard Metcalf, and Elizabeth Gertrude Britton. After him are George Washington Goethals, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Joseph DeCamp, Edgeworth David, Alfred Capus, and Sara Adler. Among people deceased in 1895, Joseph Thomson ranks 85. Before him are Louise Otto-Peters, Bertha Valerius, Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, Walter Q. Gresham, Manuel Pavía y Rodríguez de Alburquerque, and Peter Hardeman Burnett. After him are Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello, Lady Charlotte Guest, Calvert Vaux, Henry Seebohm, Richard Morris Hunt, and Hugh McCulloch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Thomson ranks 4,545 out of 8,785. Before him are David Octavius Hill (1802), Peter Doig (1959), Greg Wise (1966), Pauline Collins (1940), Walter Winterbottom (1913), and Catherine Booth (1829). After him are Jesse Carver (1911), Gerry Hitchens (1934), Samantha Bond (1961), Barbara Burke (1917), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), and Robbie Fowler (1975).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Joseph Thomson ranks 15. Before him are Arthur Holmes (1890), William Nicol (1770), John Phillips (1800), Archibald Geikie (1835), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), and Charles Lapworth (1842). After him are Robert Jameson (1774), Henry De la Beche (1796), and Dan McKenzie (1942).

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