Daniel Tilas

Swedish mineralogist (1712-1772)

  • Fame38.1
  • Momentum15.0
  • Wikipedia81
Source-basedBreakout
Lived 1712–1772, aged 60Sweden
  • Wikipedia
    6 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1712–1772
    Aged 60
  • Awards
    1
    recognised work
Summary
Updated 2026-06-22

Daniel Tilas was a Swedish mineralogist, mine expert, and an early pioneer of geology. The word feldspar was coined by Tilas although spelled as feldspat in the original. He was also among the early observers of stratigraphy. The mineral Tilasite is named after him.

Where to find them

Platforms

No platforms connected yet.

By the numbers

Score breakdown

The six component signals behind the Fame score, and their ranks across the leaderboards.

Fame
Rising
38.1
Composite of search demand, mentions, audience & graph footprint.
Score components
Momentum15.0
Historical5.5
Now attention100.0
Source confidence35.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
Receipts

Sources