BIOLOGIST

Alexander Wilson

1766 - 1813

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Alexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Wilson has received more than 49,154 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alexander Wilson is the 1,015th most popular biologist (down from 787th in 2019), the 5,468th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,956th in 2019) and the 171st most popular British Biologist.

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  • 49k

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  • 49.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alexander Wilson ranks 1,015 out of 1,097Before him are Jessica Meir, George R. Price, Timothy Ray Brown, Alice Wilson, John Bartram, and Arthur Gardiner Butler. After him are Elliott Coues, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Edward William Nelson, Roger Revelle, and Norman I. Platnick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Alexander Wilson ranks 37Before him are Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, John Farey Sr., William Townsend Aiton, Benjamin Smith Barton, Isaac D'Israeli, and Aaron Alexandre.  Among people deceased in 1813, Alexander Wilson ranks 39Before him are Benjamin Rush, Robert R. Livingston, Sophronius of Vratsa, James Wyatt, Zebulon Pike, and George Clymer. After him are Samuel Osgood, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Benjamin Stoddert, and Joshua Booth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 5,468 out of 8,785Before him are Laurie Scott (1917), Tony Curran (1969), Howard Hodgkin (1932), Wes Brown (1979), Chris Wolstenholme (1978), and Ronnie Allen (1929). After him are Gerry Marsden (1942), Edna Best (1900), Neil Warnock (1948), Paula Radcliffe (1973), Gillian Sheen (1928), and Patrick Steptoe (1913).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 171Before him are David Douglas (1799), Bryan Sykes (1947), Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Prideaux John Selby (1788), and Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844). After him are Karl Shuker (1959), David Prain (1857), Anthony R. Hunter (1943), David Lack (1910), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), and William Forsell Kirby (1844).