GEOLOGIST

Vasily Dokuchaev

1846 - 1903

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Vasily Vasilyevich Dokuchaev (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Докуча́ев; 1 March 1846 – 8 November 1903) was a Russian geologist and geographer who is credited with laying the foundations of soil science. The Ukrainian city of Dokuchaievsk is named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vasily Dokuchaev is the 16th most popular geologist (down from 13th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Russia (down from 361st in 2019) and the most popular Russian Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 16 out of 90. Before him are Eduard Suess, Andrija Mohorovičić, Francis Beaufort, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Beno Gutenberg, and Gideon Mantell. After him are Walter Alvarez, William Smith, Adam Sedgwick, Jean-André Deluc, Christian Leopold von Buch, and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 31. Before him are Gösta Mittag-Leffler, Oskar Backlund, Antonio Abetti, Mariam Baouardy, Naim Frashëri, and Alexander von Kluck. After him are Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Hermann Paul, Paolo Tosti, Svetozar Marković, and Boutros Ghali. Among people deceased in 1903, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 21. Before him are Gotse Delchev, George Gissing, Alexander Bain, Draga Mašin, Calamity Jane, and Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria. After him are Marcel Renault, Sabino Arana, Camillo Sitte, Richard Jordan Gatling, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, and Práxedes Mateo Sagasta.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 513 out of 3,761. Before him are Viktor Suvorov (1947), Martiros Saryan (1880), Şehsuvar Sultan (1682), Hadji Murad (1795), P. D. Ouspensky (1878), and Vasily Shukshin (1929). After him are Igor Ivanov (1945), Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (1850), Afanasy Nikitin (1500), Grigory Orlov (1734), Mathilde Kschessinska (1872), and Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In Russia

Among geologists born in Russia, Vasily Dokuchaev ranks 1. After him are Vladimir Obruchev (1863), Alexander Karpinsky (1846), Maria Klenova (1898), Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing (1861), and Andrey Arkhangelsky (1879).

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