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Pentti Eskola

1883 - 1964

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Pentti Elias Eskola (8 January 1883 – 6 December 1964) was a Finnish geologist who specialised in the petrology of granites and developed the concept of metamorphic facies. He won the Wollaston Medal in 1958, the Vetlesen Prize in 1964, and was given a state funeral upon his death. The mineral eskolaite is named in his honor. Eskola was born in Lellainen, the son of a farmer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pentti Eskola is the 62nd most popular geologist (down from 58th in 2019), the 297th most popular biography from Finland (down from 293rd in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Pentti Eskola ranks 62 out of 90. Before him are Paul Niggli, Archibald Geikie, James Hall, Hugo Benioff, Ferdinand von Hochstetter, and Oskar Lenz. After him are Reginald Aldworth Daly, Henry Clifton Sorby, Richard Kirwan, Rudolf Geiger, Charles Lapworth, and M. King Hubbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Pentti Eskola ranks 207. Before him are Manolis Kalomiris, Alexander Fersman, Trần Trọng Kim, Ludomir Różycki, Rube Goldberg, and Pietro Bianchi. After him are Dorothy Holman, Marion Lorne, Olav Aukrust, Mel Sheppard, Edith Clarke, and Ford Sterling. Among people deceased in 1964, Pentti Eskola ranks 150. Before him are Eddie Cantor, Clive Bell, John Eke, Ville Pörhölä, Hans Moser, and Peter Romanovsky. After him are Henri Grégoire, Maithili Sharan Gupt, Arpenik Nalbandyan, Paul Weinstein, Sakari Tuomioja, and Steponas Kairys.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Pentti Eskola ranks 297 out of 751. Before him are Ville Pörhölä (1897), Antero Kivi (1904), Pekka Vasala (1948), Rosa Liksom (1958), Kullervo Manner (1880), and Eino Kaila (1890). After him are Peter Franzén (1971), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Urho Peltonen (1893), Jouko Törmänen (1954), Tua Forsström (1947), and Kalervo Toivonen (1913).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Finland

Among geologists born in Finland, Pentti Eskola ranks 1. 

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