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Maria Klenova

1898 - 1976

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Maria Vasilyevna Klenova (or Klyonova) (Russian: Мари́я Васи́льевна Клёнова; 12 August 1898 – 6 August 1976) was a Russian and Soviet marine geologist and one of the founders of Russian marine science and contributor to the first Soviet Antarctic atlas. Klenova studied to become a professor and later on worked as a member of the Council for Antarctic Research of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union. During that time she spent nearly thirty years researching in the Polar Regions and become the first woman scientist to do research in Antarctica. She joined in the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–57) and worked with ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) at Macquarie Island. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Klenova is the 35th most popular geologist (up from 64th in 2019), the 1,216th most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,033rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Maria Klenova ranks 35 out of 90. Before her are Vladimir Obruchev, Arthur Holmes, Georg Amadeus Carl Friedrich Naumann, Harry Hammond Hess, Alexander Karpinsky, and Albert Heim. After her are Ferdinand Zirkel, Harry Rosenbusch, Léon Teisserenc de Bort, Édouard Lartet, Barnum Brown, and Adolphe d'Archiac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Maria Klenova ranks 149. Before her are Eero Lehtonen, Joe Spence, Walther von Hünersdorff, Johan Richthoff, Mikhail Koltsov, and Eduard Pütsep. After her are Helen B. Taussig, Ira Sprague Bowen, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Anthony McAuliffe, and Carl-Gustaf Rossby. Among people deceased in 1976, Maria Klenova ranks 135. Before her are Pál Turán, Floyd Council, Paul Gallico, Yakov Zak, Pierre Jean Jouve, and Rudolph Minkowski. After her are Imogen Cunningham, Julius Döpfner, Jean Martinon, Angelo Iachino, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, and Lotte Lehmann.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Maria Klenova ranks 1,216 out of 3,761. Before her are Patriarch Sergius of Moscow (1867), Duchess Sophie of Prussia (1582), Pavel Batov (1897), Vladimir Kappel (1883), Fyodor Alekseyev (1753), and Igor Chislenko (1939). After her are Vissarion Shebalin (1902), Alexander Antonov (1889), Peter Struve (1870), Valentin Varennikov (1923), Yevgeny Vakhtangov (1883), and Sergey Litvinov (1958).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among geologists born in Russia, Maria Klenova ranks 4. Before her are Vasily Dokuchaev (1846), Vladimir Obruchev (1863), and Alexander Karpinsky (1846). After her are Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861), and Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879).

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