BIOLOGIST

Alexander Wetmore

1886 - 1978

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Frank Alexander Wetmore (June 18, 1886 – December 7, 1978) was an American ornithologist and avian paleontologist. He was the sixth Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Wetmore has received more than 50,838 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Wetmore is the 965th most popular biologist, the 9,890th most popular biography from United States and the 140th most popular American Biologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alexander Wetmore ranks 965 out of 1,097. Before him are Édouard Louis Trouessart, Janet Rowley, John Hutton Balfour, Richard Meinertzhagen, Aimée Antoinette Camus, and João Barbosa Rodrigues. After him are Alexander Wendt, James Chapin, John Lawrence LeConte, Archibald Menzies, William Diller Matthew, and Robert H. MacArthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Alexander Wetmore ranks 284. Before him are Herbert Lindström, Edu Snethlage, Richard Mulcahy, Árpád Tóth, Apsley Cherry-Garrard, and Jun'ichi Kōuchi. After him are Crane Wilbur, Karl Dane, Vlastimil Lada-Sázavský, Alexander Drankov, Jeanie MacPherson, and Otto Authén. Among people deceased in 1978, Alexander Wetmore ranks 239. Before him are Geoffrey Unsworth, Maggie McNamara, Dan Dailey, Michael Bates, Mauk Weber, and Tibor Serly. After him are Theo Helfrich, Miguel Itzigsohn, Alfred Braun, Toivo Hyytiäinen, Robert Sobukwe, and Noble Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Wetmore ranks 9,890 out of 20,380. Before him are Candi Staton (1940), Thomas Doughty (1793), Katie Eder (1950), Christine Ladd-Franklin (1847), Kevin Alejandro (1976), and Tenskwatawa (1775). After him are Charles Colson (1931), Andrea Leeds (1914), Bruce Schneier (1963), Jessica Jung (1989), Hope Sandoval (1966), and Scott Turow (1949).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Alexander Wetmore ranks 140. Before him are John Hopfield (1933), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Lucy Shapiro (1940), William Beebe (1877), Charles Sibley (1917), and Janet Rowley (1925). After him are James Chapin (1889), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Herbert Boyer (1936), Frank Chapman (1864), and Christof Koch (1956).

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