Biologist

Jane Colden

18th-century American botanist

1724 - 1766

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Jane Colden

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Colden is the 809th most popular biologist (down from 703rd in 2024), the 6,929th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,380th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Biologist.

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#52,770

More than 2 centuries after death, Jane Colden still holds rank #52,770 among all individuals in Pantheon.

135

Jane Colden is one of only 135 women among the 1,097 Biologists in Pantheon.

Mar 27

Jane Colden shares a March 27 birthday with Wilhelm Röntgen, Louis XVII of France, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Jane Colden ranks 809 out of 1,097. Before her are John Jacob Abel, Edmund Reitter, Franz Unger, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Tommaso Salvadori, and Lilian Gibbs. After her are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Giacomo Bresadola, Johann Jacob Dillenius, Jules Pierre Rambur, Aimée Antoinette Camus, and William Thomas Blanford.

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1857 - 1938
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 803
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HPI: 56.63
Rank: 804
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HPI: 56.63
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Henry Nicholas Ridley
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HPI: 56.63
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Tommaso Salvadori
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HPI: 56.62
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HPI: 56.59
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Jane Colden
1724 - 1766
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 809
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HPI: 56.56
Rank: 810
Giacomo Bresadola
1847 - 1929
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 811
Johann Jacob Dillenius
1684 - 1747
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 812
Jules Pierre Rambur
1801 - 1870
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 813
Aimée Antoinette Camus
1879 - 1965
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 814
William Thomas Blanford
1832 - 1905
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 815

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Jane Colden ranks 33. Before her are Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Ji Yun, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Georges-Louis Le Sage. Among people deceased in 1766, Jane Colden ranks 18. Before her are Jean Astruc, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Dominikus Zimmermann, Jacques Aved, and François-Jean de la Barre. After her is Ivan Polzunov.

Others Born in 1724

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Johann Julius Walbaum
BIOLOGIST
1724 - 1799
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 27
Dai Zhen
MATHEMATICIAN
1724 - 1777
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 28
Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1724 - 1816
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 29
Ji Yun
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1805
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 30
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1808
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 31
Georges-Louis Le Sage
PHYSICIST
1724 - 1803
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 32
Jane Colden
BIOLOGIST
1724 - 1766
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 33

Others Deceased in 1766

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Jean Astruc
WRITER
1684 - 1766
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 12
Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer
POLITICIAN
1692 - 1766
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 13
Adrien Maurice de Noailles
POLITICIAN
1678 - 1766
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 14
Dominikus Zimmermann
ARCHITECT
1685 - 1766
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 15
Jacques Aved
PAINTER
1702 - 1766
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 16
François-Jean de la Barre
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1745 - 1766
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 17
Jane Colden
BIOLOGIST
1724 - 1766
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 18
Ivan Polzunov
INVENTOR
1728 - 1766
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 19