BIOLOGIST

Alice Eastwood

1859 - 1953

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Alice Eastwood (January 19, 1859 – October 30, 1953) was a Canadian American botanist. She is credited with building the botanical collection at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. She published over 310 scientific articles and authored 395 land plant species names, the fourth-highest number of such names authored by any female scientist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alice Eastwood has received more than 69,232 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Alice Eastwood is the 1,045th most popular biologist (down from 937th in 2019), the 743rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 699th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alice Eastwood ranks 1,045 out of 1,097. Before her are John Cassin, William Forsell Kirby, Francis Maitland Balfour, Francis Walker, Charles B. Cory, and Asuman Baytop. After her are David A. Sinclair, Carrie Derick, Rita R. Colwell, Frank Fenner, Joanne Chory, and Philippa Marrack.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Alice Eastwood ranks 145. Before her are George Lansbury, Dorabji Tata, Matilda Howell, Mary Anderson, Sidney Lee, and Henry Ossawa Tanner. After her is Katharine Lee Bates. Among people deceased in 1953, Alice Eastwood ranks 197. Before her are Richard Pearse, Asaf Ali, Robert Stangland, William Farnum, George Barnes, and David Curtiss Munson. After her are Snowy Baker, and Alexander Zelenko.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Alice Eastwood ranks 743 out of 1,622. Before her are Keegan Connor Tracy (1971), Hart Bochner (1956), Robbie Amell (1988), Lorne Loomer (1937), Joe Sakic (1969), and Henry Lau (1989). After her are Horst Bulau (1962), Cliff Thorburn (1948), Christian Cage (1973), Gilles Brassard (1955), Jeremy Ratchford (1965), and Montgomery Wilson (1909).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Alice Eastwood ranks 11. Before her are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Peter Watts (1958), Alice Wilson (1881), and Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979). After her are Carrie Derick (1862), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Cordelia Fine (1975).

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