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Alister Hardy

1896 - 1985

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Sir Alister Clavering Hardy (10 February 1896 – 22 May 1985) was an English marine biologist, an expert on marine ecosystems spanning organisms from zooplankton to whales. He had the artistic skill to illustrate his books with his own drawings, maps, diagrams, and paintings. Hardy served as zoologist on the RRS Discovery's voyage to explore the Antarctic between 1925 and 1927. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alister Hardy has received more than 203,193 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Alister Hardy is the 859th most popular biologist (down from 764th in 2019), the 4,461st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,917th in 2019) and the 139th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alister Hardy ranks 859 out of 841. Before him are Mark Catesby, William Beebe, Gilbert White, George Engelmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey, and Joshua Brookes. After him are John Torrey, George Montagu, C. B. van Niel, Charles Sibley, Frank Chapman, and Carl Fredrik Fallén.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Alister Hardy ranks 221. Before him are Virgil Thomson, Arthur Tell Schwab, Kathleen McKane Godfree, Gösta Runö, Ella Hall, and Robert E. Sherwood. After him are Albert Ball, Howard Hanson, Vilho Niittymaa, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, V. K. Krishna Menon, and Marie Prevost. Among people deceased in 1985, Alister Hardy ranks 215. Before him are Jetta Goudal, Leni Schmidt, Georges Verriest, Qaysin Quli, Lloyd Nolan, and Fernando Pereira. After him are Robert Surtees, Isabel Jeans, C. B. van Niel, Nicholas Colasanto, Olav Sunde, and Nelson Riddle.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alister Hardy ranks 4,461 out of 7,765. Before him are Gerry Hitchens (1934), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Wilbye (1574), Rebecca Mader (1977), Cuth Harrison (1906), and Guy Fletcher (1960). After him are Peter Warlock (1894), Gareth Barry (1981), Winifred McNair (1877), Lilian Bond (1908), Dominic Howard (1977), and Charlotte Lewis (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alister Hardy ranks 139. Before him are Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Louis Fraser (1810), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Joseph Barcroft (1872), Mark Catesby (1683), and Gilbert White (1720). After him are George Montagu (1751), David Douglas (1799), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), William Yarrell (1784), and Bryan Sykes (1947).

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