GEOLOGIST

Robert Jameson

1774 - 1854

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Robert Jameson FRS FRSE (11 July 1774 – 19 April 1854) was a Scottish naturalist and mineralogist. As Regius Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh for fifty years, developing his predecessor John Walker's concepts based on mineralogy into geological theories of Neptunism which held sway into the 1830s. Jameson is notable for his advanced scholarship, and his museum collection. The minerals and fossils collection of the Museum of Edinburgh University became one of the largest in Europe during Jameson's long tenure at the university. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Jameson is the 82nd most popular geologist (down from 63rd in 2019), the 5,193rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,984th in 2019) and the 16th most popular British Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Robert Jameson ranks 82 out of 90. Before him are Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, Anna Missuna, Ivan Gubkin, Walther Penck, and John Bell Hatcher. After him are Daniel Barringer, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Michael E. Mann, Henry De la Beche, Dan McKenzie, and Judith Curry.

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Among people born in 1774, Robert Jameson ranks 41. Before him are W. J. Coffee, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Michael Levytsky, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Juan Aldama, and John Colter.  Among people deceased in 1854, Robert Jameson ranks 64. Before him are Pedro María de Anaya, Prince Carl Oscar, Duke of Södermanland, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Josipina Turnograjska, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, and Justo Figuerola. After him are Gabriele Rossetti, and George Cathcart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Jameson ranks 5,195 out of 8,785. Before him are Jason Watkins (1962), William Spottiswoode (1825), James Herbert (1943), Gary McAllister (1964), Craig Ferguson (1962), and James D'Arcy (1975). After him are John of Worcester (1100), Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard (1873), Ewan MacColl (1915), Jemima Kirke (1985), Alex Jennings (1957), and Duffy (1984).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among geologists born in United Kingdom, Robert Jameson ranks 16. Before him are William Nicol (1770), John Phillips (1800), Archibald Geikie (1835), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), Charles Lapworth (1842), and Joseph Thomson (1858). After him are Henry De la Beche (1796), and Dan McKenzie (1942).

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