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Archibald Menzies

1754 - 1842

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Archibald Menzies ( MING-iss; 15 March 1754 – 15 February 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, botanist and naturalist. He spent many years at sea, serving with the Royal Navy, private merchants, and the Vancouver Expedition. During his naval expeditions, he assembled the most extensive collection of extra-European lichen specimens of the 18th century, significantly contributing to the field of lichenology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Archibald Menzies has received more than 80,797 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Archibald Menzies is the 969th most popular biologist (down from 901st in 2019), the 4,942nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,873rd in 2019) and the 160th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Archibald Menzies ranks 969 out of 1,097. Before her are Aimée Antoinette Camus, João Barbosa Rodrigues, Alexander Wetmore, Alexander Wendt, James Chapin, and John Lawrence LeConte. After her are William Diller Matthew, Robert H. MacArthur, Leonhard Stejneger, Sarah Gilbert, Irene Pepperberg, and Gilbert White.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Archibald Menzies ranks 56. Before her are Juan Meléndez Valdés, Alexander Shishkov, George Crabbe, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Abraham Baldwin, and Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings. After her is Joel Barlow. Among people deceased in 1842, Archibald Menzies ranks 39. Before her are Aleksey Koltsov, Henry Shrapnel, James Ivory, Letitia Christian Tyler, William Ellery Channing, and Aylmer Bourke Lambert. After her are Amos Eaton, William Hobson, James Barbour, John Sell Cotman, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, and Chand Kaur.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Archibald Menzies ranks 4,942 out of 8,785. Before her are Henry Roscoe (1833), Ann Lee (1967), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde (1792), Gary McAllister (1964), and Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880). After her are Dave Stewart (1950), Gem Archer (1966), Iolo Morganwg (1747), Geraldine Beamish (1883), Ian Burgess (1930), and Malcolm Gladwell (1963).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Archibald Menzies ranks 160. Before her are Alister Hardy (1896), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), William T. Stearn (1911), Edward Lhuyd (1660), John Hutton Balfour (1808), and Richard Meinertzhagen (1878). After her are Sarah Gilbert (1962), Gilbert White (1720), Hugh Huxley (1924), Lancelot Hogben (1895), David Douglas (1799), and Bryan Sykes (1947).

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