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Christopher R. Scotese

American geologist
Person Human Q5113206

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
May 4, 1953
Place of birth
Chicago
Country of citizenship
United States[6]
Occupation
geologist, paleogeographer, university teacher
Employer
Northwestern University[9]
Field of work
geology, palaeogeography[7][8]
Educated at
University of Chicago[10]
Official website
www.scotese.com[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Scotese[12]
Given name
Christopher[13]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Northwestern University Libraries[16]
Social media followers
43k (26k–43k, n=5)[17][18][19][20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 29
ISNI
0000000108865859
ORCID iD
0000-0002-9742-3581
VIAF cluster ID
34528992
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
1106393627
BIBSYS ID
90366200
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12332447t
CANTIC ID
981058513955606706
CiNii Research ID
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Encyclopædia Britannica contributor ID
5218
Freebase ID
/m/0d4z0b
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/11h_w1p_gz
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Google Scholar author ID
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IdRef ID
075149915
J9U entity ID
987007454700105171
Libraries Australia ID
36376507
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA03134943
NLA Trove people ID
1252288
NUKAT ID
n2002012038
National Library of Israel ID (old)
002207533
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074019589
Prabook ID
2510411
RERO ID (legacy)
A003816015
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058513955606706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1023225
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
crscotese
Yale LUX ID
person/fc735f15-9a98-4ba1-a23e-f312bd484bf2
YouTube channel ID
UCpwbImp13QTi4p1CaQJel1A

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Field of work 2
geology, palaeogeography
Affiliated with 1
Northwestern University
Author of 1
Mind the uncertainty: Global plate model choice impacts deep‐time palaeobiological studies
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Educated at 1
University of Chicago
Employer 1
Northwestern University
Given name 1
Christopher
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
geologist
Place of birth 1
Chicago
Sex or gender 1
male
← Authored by 1
Mind the uncertainty: Global plate model choice impacts deep‐time palaeobiological studies
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Summary

Christopher R. Scotese was born on May 4, 1953[1], in Chicago[2]. He has worked as a geologist[3], paleogeographer[4], and university teacher[5].

FAQs

Where was Christopher R. Scotese born?

Christopher R. Scotese was born in Chicago[2].

What did Christopher R. Scotese do for work?

Christopher R. Scotese worked as a geologist[3], paleogeographer[4], and university teacher[5].

Where did Christopher R. Scotese go to school?

Christopher R. Scotese was educated at University of Chicago[10].

Related Entities

geology Northwestern University United States

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  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [20] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15h ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65775: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → geologist, paleogeographer, university teacher
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32116: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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