1766 - 1813
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 47,204 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Wilson is the 788th most popular biologist (down from 586th in 2019), the 3,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,874th in 2019) and the 120th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Alexander Wilson ranks 788 out of 841. Before him are Sereno Watson, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Charles Conrad Abbott, Judah Folkman, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, and Herbert Giles. After him are Spencer Fullerton Baird, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, André Marie Constant Duméril, Jan Sztolcman, and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov.
1826 - 1892
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 782
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 783
1843 - 1919
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 784
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 785
1900 - 1981
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 786
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 787
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 788
1823 - 1887
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 789
1816 - 1853
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 790
1800 - 1874
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 791
1774 - 1860
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 792
1854 - 1928
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 793
1869 - 1945
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 794
Among people born in 1766, Alexander Wilson ranks 33. Before him are Samuel Frederick Gray, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Benjamin Smith Barton, John Farey Sr., Wilhelm Hisinger, and William Townsend Aiton. After him is Isaac D'Israeli. Among people deceased in 1813, Alexander Wilson ranks 35. Before him are Edmund Randolph, Benjamin Rush, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Robert R. Livingston, Robert Kerr, and Sophronius of Vratsa. After him are James Wyatt, Peter Jacob Hjelm, Zebulon Pike, Samuel Osgood, George Clymer, and Benjamin Stoddert.
1766 - 1828
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 27
1766 - 1839
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 28
1766 - 1815
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 29
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 30
1766 - 1852
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 31
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 32
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 33
1766 - 1848
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 34
1753 - 1813
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 29
1745 - 1813
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 30
1736 - 1813
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 31
1746 - 1813
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 32
1755 - 1813
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 33
1739 - 1813
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 34
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 35
1746 - 1813
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 36
1746 - 1813
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 37
1779 - 1813
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 38
1747 - 1813
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 39
1739 - 1813
HPI: 37.65
Rank: 40
1751 - 1813
HPI: 36.41
Rank: 41
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 3,964 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Donald Campbell (1921), Herbert Giles (1845), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Jayne Atkinson (1959). After him are Pauline Baynes (1922), Ed Skrein (1983), Walter Winterbottom (1913), Liz Smith (1921), Sandy Powell (1960), and Beth Gibbons (1965).
1785 - 1866
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,958
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,959
1921 - 1967
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,960
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,961
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,962
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,963
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,964
1922 - 2008
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,965
1983 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 3,966
1913 - 2002
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 3,967
1921 - 2016
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 3,968
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 3,969
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 3,970
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alexander Wilson ranks 120. Before him are Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), Lilian Gibbs (1870), Thomas Thomson (1817), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), and Herbert Giles (1845). After him are Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Thomas Nuttall (1786), Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Robert Wight (1796), Robert Morison (1620), and Osbert Salvin (1835).
1759 - 1838
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 114
1799 - 1868
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 115
1870 - 1925
HPI: 45.20
Rank: 116
1817 - 1878
HPI: 45.17
Rank: 117
1761 - 1829
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 118
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 119
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 120
1800 - 1874
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 121
1786 - 1859
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 122
1863 - 1947
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 123
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 124
1620 - 1683
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 125
1835 - 1898
HPI: 44.25
Rank: 126