GEOLOGIST

Luigi Palmieri

1807 - 1896

Luigi Palmieri

Luigi Palmieri (22 April 1807 – 9 September 1896) was an Italian physicist and meteorologist. He was famous for his scientific studies of the eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, for his researches on earthquakes and meteorological phenomena and for improving the seismograph of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Palmieri is the 53rd most popular geologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 3,488th most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,454th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Italian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Luigi Palmieri ranks 53 out of 90. Before him are Henryk Arctowski, Carl Friedrich Schmidt, Niles Eldredge, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, William Nicol, and Julius von Haast. After him are John Phillips, Gerard De Geer, Paul Niggli, Archibald Geikie, James Hall, and Hugo Benioff.

Most Popular Geologists in Wikipedia

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Henryk Arctowski
1871 - 1958
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 47
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

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1807, Luigi Palmieri ranks 43. Before him are Friedrich Theodor Vischer, Barbu Catargiu, Franz Xaver Fieber, Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński, Ye Mingchen, and Johan Sebastian Welhaven. After him are Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, Ignatius Brianchaninov, Jules Verreaux, Wilford Woodruff, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, and Arnold Henry Guyot. Among people deceased in 1896, Luigi Palmieri ranks 72. Before him are Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Antonio Maceo Grajales, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Aleksandr Stoletov, and Élie-Abel Carrière. After him are Jane Wilde, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Hugo Gyldén, Ilya Berezin, George du Maurier, and Eugen Baumann.

Others Born in 1807

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Friedrich Theodor Vischer
WRITER
1807 - 1887
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 37
Barbu Catargiu
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1862
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 38
Franz Xaver Fieber
BIOLOGIST
1807 - 1872
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 39
Ignacy Feliks Dobrzyński
MUSICIAN
1807 - 1867
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 40
Ye Mingchen
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 41
Johan Sebastian Welhaven
WRITER
1807 - 1873
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 42
Luigi Palmieri
GEOLOGIST
1807 - 1896
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 43
Johann Wilhelm Schirmer
PAINTER
1807 - 1863
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 44
Ignatius Brianchaninov
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1807 - 1867
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 45
Jules Verreaux
BIOLOGIST
1807 - 1873
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 46
Wilford Woodruff
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1898
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 47
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff
PHYSICIAN
1807 - 1882
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 48
Arnold Henry Guyot
GEOGRAPHER
1807 - 1884
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 49

Others Deceased in 1896

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Johannes Müller Argoviensis
BIOLOGIST
1828 - 1896
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 66
Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs
EXPLORER
1831 - 1896
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 67
Antonio Maceo Grajales
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1845 - 1896
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 68
Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1896
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 69
Aleksandr Stoletov
PHYSICIST
1839 - 1896
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 70
Élie-Abel Carrière
BIOLOGIST
1818 - 1896
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 71
Luigi Palmieri
GEOLOGIST
1807 - 1896
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 72
Jane Wilde
WRITER
1821 - 1896
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 73
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1896
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 74
Hugo Gyldén
ASTRONOMER
1841 - 1896
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 75
Ilya Berezin
HISTORIAN
1818 - 1896
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 76
George du Maurier
WRITER
1834 - 1896
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 77
Eugen Baumann
CHEMIST
1846 - 1896
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 78