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Asa Gray

1810 - 1888

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Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asa Gray has received more than 360,920 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Asa Gray is the 578th most popular biologist (down from 548th in 2019), the 5,533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,957th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 48.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Asa Gray ranks 578 out of 841. Before him are Alfred Newton, John Murray, Georg August Goldfuss, Johann Julius Walbaum, Johan August Wahlberg, and Amotz Zahavi. After him are Émile Duclaux, Johannes Burman, Francisco J. Ayala, William Withering, Johann Friedrich Naumann, and Edmond de Sélys Longchamps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Asa Gray ranks 64. Before him are Ferdinand Freiligrath, William Froude, Andrew Scott Waugh, Miklós Barabás, Johan August Wahlberg, and Fritz Reuter. After him are Paul Kane, Félicien David, Jules Malou, Robert Mallet, Johann Löwenthal, and Eliza McCardle Johnson. Among people deceased in 1888, Asa Gray ranks 65. Before him are Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, François Perrier, Amos Bronson Alcott, George Robert Waterhouse, Anna Kingsford, and Philip Henry Gosse. After him are Carl Christian Hall, Francesco Faà di Bruno, Charles Duclerc, Alessandro Antonelli, Jan van Beers, and Carl Gustav Axel Harnack.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Asa Gray ranks 5,533 out of 18,182. Before him are Barbara La Marr (1896), Scott Travis (1961), Paul Morrissey (1938), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Marilynne Robinson (1943), and John Baldessari (1931). After him are Kaley Cuoco (1985), Peter Facinelli (1973), Dylan Baker (1959), Henry Knox (1750), Harry Stenqvist (1893), and Cordwainer Smith (1913).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Asa Gray ranks 85. Before him are Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Richard Lewontin (1929), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Frederic Clements (1874), Francis Collins (1950), and Alfred Sturtevant (1891). After him are Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Thomas Say (1787), Theodore Gill (1837), Jack Horner (1946), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), and George Newbold Lawrence (1806).

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