BIOLOGIST
Arthur Tansley
1871 - 1955
Arthur Tansley
Sir Arthur George Tansley FLS, FRS (15 August 1871 – 25 November 1955) was an English botanist and a pioneer in the science of ecology. Educated at Highgate School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, Tansley taught at these universities and at Oxford, where he served as Sherardian Professor of Botany until his retirement in 1937. Tansley founded the New Phytologist in 1902 and served as its editor until 1931. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Tansley has received more than 204,840 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Tansley is the 363rd most popular biologist (down from 274th in 2019), the 1,918th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,695th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Biologist.
Memorability Metrics
200k
Page Views (PV)
54.18
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
5.48
Effective Languages (L*)
2.44
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Arthur Tansley ranks 363 out of 1,097. Before him are Pierre Magnol, Antoine de Jussieu, Achille Richard, William Jackson Hooker, Pierre Edmond Boissier, and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius. After him are John Gould, Karl Koch, Robert Gallo, John Hughlings Jackson, Georg Joseph Kamel, and Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben.
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Arthur Tansley
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1871, Arthur Tansley ranks 71. Before him are Alajos Szokolyi, Abanindranath Tagore, Giuseppe Motta, George Washington, John Millington Synge, and Wilhelm von Mirbach. After him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Ivan Poddubny, Claus Schilling, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Hubert Cecil Booth, and Emily Carr. Among people deceased in 1955, Arthur Tansley ranks 74. Before him are Edward Kasner, Robert W. Wood, Léon Werth, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Jim Corbett, Jirō Minami, Horace McCoy, Carl Milles, Ona Munson, and Louis Charles Breguet.
Others Born in 1871
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ATHLETE
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 65
Abanindranath Tagore
PAINTER
1871 - 1951
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 66
Giuseppe Motta
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1940
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 67
George Washington
INVENTOR
1871 - 1946
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 68
John Millington Synge
WRITER
1871 - 1909
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 69
Wilhelm von Mirbach
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1918
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 70
Arthur Tansley
BIOLOGIST
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 71
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
INVENTOR
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 72
Ivan Poddubny
WRESTLER
1871 - 1949
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 73
Claus Schilling
PHYSICIAN
1871 - 1946
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 74
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
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1871 - 1936
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 75
Hubert Cecil Booth
INVENTOR
1871 - 1955
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 76
Emily Carr
PAINTER
1871 - 1945
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 77
Others Deceased in 1955
Go to all RankingsEdward Kasner
MATHEMATICIAN
1878 - 1955
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 68
Robert W. Wood
PHYSICIST
1868 - 1955
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 69
Léon Werth
WRITER
1878 - 1955
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 70
Isak Samokovlija
WRITER
1889 - 1955
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 71
Holger Nielsen
POLITICIAN
1866 - 1955
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 72
Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 73
Arthur Tansley
BIOLOGIST
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 74
Jim Corbett
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1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 75
Jirō Minami
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HPI: 53.94
Rank: 76
Horace McCoy
WRITER
1897 - 1955
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 77
Carl Milles
SCULPTOR
1875 - 1955
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 78
Ona Munson
ACTOR
1903 - 1955
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 79
Louis Charles Breguet
ENGINEER
1880 - 1955
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 80
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tansley ranks 1,918 out of 8,785. Before him are William Watson (1715), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Penelope Fitzgerald (1916), Willibald (700), Gerald Gardner (1884), and Mary Cartwright (1900). After him are Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Mary Hopkin (1950), Julian Lennon (1963), Colin Davis (1927), George Whitefield (1714), and Cynric (450).
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HPI: 54.21
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HPI: 54.20
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Penelope Fitzgerald
WRITER
1916 - 2000
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 1,914
Willibald
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
700 - 787
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 1,915
Gerald Gardner
WRITER
1884 - 1964
HPI: 54.18
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Mary Cartwright
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1900 - 1998
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HPI: 54.18
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Prince William of Gloucester
POLITICIAN
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HPI: 54.17
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Mary Hopkin
SINGER
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.17
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Julian Lennon
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1963 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 1,921
Colin Davis
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1927 - 2013
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 1,922
George Whitefield
WRITER
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HPI: 54.16
Rank: 1,923
Cynric
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HPI: 54.16
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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tansley ranks 51. Before him are John Maynard Smith (1920), George Bentham (1800), Patrick Geddes (1854), John Sulston (1942), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and William Jackson Hooker (1785). After him are John Gould (1804), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Robert Fortune (1812).
John Maynard Smith
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HPI: 56.06
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HPI: 55.97
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1854 - 1932
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 47
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1942 - 2018
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 48
Rupert Sheldrake
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 49
William Jackson Hooker
1785 - 1865
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 50
Arthur Tansley
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 51
John Gould
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 52
John Hughlings Jackson
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 53
John Stevens Henslow
1796 - 1861
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 54
Samuel Frederick Gray
1766 - 1828
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 55
Roderick Murchison
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HPI: 53.53
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Robert Fortune
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HPI: 53.49
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