BIOLOGIST

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 202,385 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alister Hardy is the 952nd most popular biologist (down from 858th in 2019), the 4,802nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,452nd in 2019) and the 154th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Alister Hardies by language

Over the past year Alister Hardy has had the most page views in the with 9,573 views, followed by Chinese (1,395), and Russian (980). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Persian (89.64%), Egyptian Arabic (49.23%), and Indonesian (49.19%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alister Hardy ranks 952 out of 1,097. Before him are Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Irene Manton, Jan Sztolcman, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Vladimir Sukachev, and François Gagnepain. After him are Maxwell T. Masters, William T. Stearn, Charles Sibley, Edward Lhuyd, Ivan Lepyokhin, and Édouard Louis Trouessart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Alister Hardy ranks 243. Before him are Howard Hanson, Józef Kałuża, Simon Barere, Okuro Oikawa, Charles Pahud de Mortanges, and Gopal Swarup Pathak. After him are Liam O'Flaherty, Lawrence Tibbett, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Natalie Talmadge, Ian Wolfe, and Herb Drury. Among people deceased in 1985, Alister Hardy ranks 253. Before him are Jan Peka, Nelson Riddle, Carlos Mota Pinto, Alvah Bessie, Fernando Pereira, and Pál Teleki. After him are Maurice Podoloff, Fredy Perlman, Isaac Kashdan, Phil Silvers, Erich Koschik, and Gladys Egan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alister Hardy ranks 4,802 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Falconer (1808), Lesley Nicol (1953), Hugh Blair (1718), George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800), Steve Rothery (1959), and Roland Penrose (1900). After him are Andy Carroll (1989), MF Doom (1971), Reginald McKenna (1863), Judy Cornwell (1940), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), and Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Alister Hardy ranks 154. Before him are Thomas Pennant (1726), Lilian Gibbs (1870), Nigel Marven (1960), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Irene Manton (1904), and Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811). After him are Maxwell T. Masters (1833), William T. Stearn (1911), Edward Lhuyd (1660), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), and Archibald Menzies (1754).

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