BIOLOGIST

Benjamin Smith Barton

1766 - 1815

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Benjamin Smith Barton (February 10, 1766 – December 19, 1815) was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician. He was one of the first professors of natural history in the United States and built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Smith Barton has received more than 53,904 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Smith Barton is the 883rd most popular biologist (down from 642nd in 2019), the 8,430th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,139th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 883 out of 1,097. Before him are Reginald Innes Pocock, Charles Tate Regan, Charles Conrad Abbott, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, and Sam Harris. After him are Gaetano Savi, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Theobald Smith, Robert Weinberg, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Richard Evans Schultes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 34. Before him are Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Jacob Perkins, Wilhelm Hisinger, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, John Farey Sr., and William Townsend Aiton. After him are Isaac D'Israeli, Aaron Alexandre, and Alexander Wilson. Among people deceased in 1815, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 32. Before him are Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, Jakub Jan Ryba, William Roxburgh, Thomas Picton, and George Montagu. After him are John Carroll, Charles Lee, Richard Bassett, and Peter the Aleut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 8,430 out of 20,380. Before him are Whittaker Chambers (1901), Debi Mazar (1964), David Paymer (1954), L. J. Smith (1965), James C. Collins (1958), and William Alston (1921). After him are Justin Bartha (1978), Mayo Methot (1904), George Pataki (1945), Ken Leung (1970), Richard Olney (1835), and Walter Alvarez (1940).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 123. Before him are John Torrey (1796), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), and Sam Harris (1967). After him are Theobald Smith (1859), Robert Weinberg (1942), Richard Evans Schultes (1915), Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Thomas Say (1787), and Sereno Watson (1826).

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