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William Barton Rogers

1804 - 1882

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William Barton Rogers (December 7, 1804 – May 30, 1882) was an American geologist, physicist, and the founder and first president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). An acclaimed lecturer in the physical sciences, Rogers taught at College of William & Mary (1828–1835) and the University of Virginia (1835–1853). While at the university, he served as Virginia's first state geologist and led the state's first geological survey. After meeting Emma Savage in Boston, he married and moved there in 1853. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Barton Rogers is the 72nd most popular geologist (down from 65th in 2019), the 8,687th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,918th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Geologist.

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Among GEOLOGISTS

Among geologists, William Barton Rogers ranks 72 out of 90. Before him are Rudolf Geiger, Charles Lapworth, M. King Hubbert, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, Rinchen Barsbold, and Feodor Yulievich Levinson-Lessing. After him are Andrey Arkhangelsky, Joseph Thomson, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Jens Esmark, David A. Johnston, and Anna Missuna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, William Barton Rogers ranks 71. Before him are Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, William Stokes, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Peder Balke, Emma Smith, and Fruto Chamorro. After him are József Bajza, Jane Irwin Harrison, Charles Magill Conrad, and Alexander Keith Johnston. Among people deceased in 1882, William Barton Rogers ranks 73. Before him are Katarina Ivanović, James Spriggs Payne, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, and William Harrison Ainsworth. After him are William Shanks, George Perkins Marsh, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, Francisco Javier Zaldúa, Hablot Knight Browne, and Francis Maitland Balfour.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Barton Rogers ranks 8,689 out of 20,380. Before him are Milton Sills (1882), Topher Grace (1978), Doris Humphrey (1895), Roger Stone (1952), Bernard Nathanson (1926), and Cassandra Wilson (1955). After him are Jacqueline Logan (1904), John Hodiak (1914), Sara Paretsky (1947), Charles Cyphers (1939), Robert Cray (1953), and Carol Kaye (1935).

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Among GEOLOGISTS In United States

Among geologists born in United States, William Barton Rogers ranks 10. Before him are Barnum Brown (1873), Niles Eldredge (1943), James Hall (1811), Hugo Benioff (1899), M. King Hubbert (1903), and Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden (1829). After him are David A. Johnston (1949), John Bell Hatcher (1861), Daniel Barringer (1860), Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin (1843), Michael E. Mann (1965), and Judith Curry (1953).

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