BIOLOGIST

Akhtar Hameed Khan

1914 - 1999

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Akhter Hameed Khan (Urdu: اختر حمید خان, pronounced [ˈəxt̪ər ɦəˈmiːd̪ xaːn]; 15 July 1914 – 9 October 1999) was a Pakistani development practitioner and social scientist. He promoted participatory rural development in Pakistan and other developing countries, and widely advocated community participation in development. His particular contribution was the establishment of a comprehensive project for rural development, the Comilla Model (1959). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Akhtar Hameed Khan has received more than 167,794 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Akhtar Hameed Khan is the 983rd most popular biologist (down from 888th in 2019), the 831st most popular biography from India (down from 713th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Akhtar Hameed Khan ranks 983 out of 1,097. Before him are Frank Chapman, Wim Crusio, Pieter Willem Korthals, Helia Bravo Hollis, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Richard Spruce. After him are Hugh Huxley, Lancelot Hogben, Adriana Hoffmann, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, Stanislas Dehaene, and David Douglas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Akhtar Hameed Khan ranks 373. Before him are Erich Herrmann, Hideko Maehata, Severino Rigoni, David Carstens, Franz Bistricky, and Renzo Nostini. After him are Grete Mostny, John James, Max Stiepl, Fred Clark, Ward Kimball, and Hans Theilig. Among people deceased in 1999, Akhtar Hameed Khan ranks 283. Before him are Basil Hume, Man Mohan Adhikari, Jorge Góngora, Thelma Kalama, Arvo Viitanen, and Rick Rude. After him are Gar Samuelson, Władysław Hasior, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Alphonse Matejka, Roger Rio, and Vanessa Brown.

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In India

Among people born in India, Akhtar Hameed Khan ranks 831 out of 1,861. Before him are Nirmala Deshpande (1929), E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1909), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), George Caridia (1869), Sonu Sood (1973), and Anil Ambani (1959). After him are Harold Walden (1887), V. K. Krishna Menon (1896), Vikram Seth (1952), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), Indira Nath (1938), and V. Shantaram (1901).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In India

Among biologists born in India, Akhtar Hameed Khan ranks 4. Before him are Salim Ali (1896), Janaki Ammal (1897), and Robert Swinhoe (1836). After him are Sunetra Gupta (1965).

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