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Roger Revelle

1909 - 1991

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Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (March 7, 1909 – July 15, 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California, San Diego, and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global warming, as well as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. UC San Diego's first college is named Revelle College in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roger Revelle is the 1,057th most popular biologist (down from 1,020th in 2019), the 12,816th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,655th in 2019) and the 172nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Roger Revelle ranks 1,057 out of 1,097. Before him are Christof Koch, Carrie Derick, Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Francis Maitland Balfour, Angelika Amon, and Edward Donovan. After him are Jessica Meir, Amos Eaton, Austin Stevens, William Bartram, Sidney Dillon Ripley, and Irene Pepperberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Roger Revelle ranks 410. Before him are Dragomir Tošić, Gertrude Abercrombie, Vivian Vance, Bimal Roy, Obafemi Awolowo, and Bill Wheatley. After him are Louis Hayward, Philip G. Epstein, Vlasta Děkanová, Madge Evans, Sándor Schwartz, and Marion Martin. Among people deceased in 1991, Roger Revelle ranks 272. Before him are David Ruffin, Coral Browne, Eleanor Audley, Lilian Bond, Charlie Barnet, and Yanka Dyagileva. After him are Roy Welensky, Happy Chandler, Gloria Holden, John Sherman Cooper, Danny Thomas, and Nellie Halstead.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roger Revelle ranks 12,820 out of 20,380. Before him are June Marlowe (1903), Larry Parks (1914), Harry Carney (1910), David Singmaster (1938), William Kennedy (1928), and William Hootkins (1948). After him are Nicky Katt (1970), Daws Butler (1916), Henry Warner Slocum (1827), Rusty Wailes (1926), Pat Crowley (1933), and Emma Caulfield (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Roger Revelle ranks 172. Before him are Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Ronald M. Evans (1949), Paul Sereno (1957), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Christof Koch (1956), and Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937). After him are Jessica Meir (1977), Amos Eaton (1776), William Bartram (1739), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Irene Pepperberg (1949), and Storrs L. Olson (1944).

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