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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 49,261 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Benjamin Smith Barton is the 643rd most popular biologist (up from 670th in 2019), the 6,152nd most popular biography from United States (up from 6,175th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 643 out of 841Before him are Johann Natterer, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Johan Lange, Philip Barker-Webb, Adrien René Franchet, and Kristine Bonnevie. After him are Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Wilhelm Hemprich, Gabriel Bibron, Rolf Singer, Johann Amman, and Alice Hamilton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 29Before him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, John Leslie, Joseph Weigl, Samuel Frederick Gray, and Joseph Franz von Jacquin. After him are John Farey Sr., Wilhelm Hisinger, William Townsend Aiton, Alexander Wilson, and Isaac D'Israeli. Among people deceased in 1815, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 25Before him are Matthias Claudius, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Singleton Copley, and William Nicholson. After him are William Roxburgh, Thomas Picton, George Montagu, John Carroll, Charles Lee, and Richard Bassett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 6,152 out of 18,182Before him are Charles Lloyd (1938), Rory Calhoun (1922), Frankie Knuckles (1955), Paige Turco (1965), Trent Reznor (1965), and Lucy Stone (1818). After him are John Fitch (1743), Horatio Alger (1832), Bud Houser (1901), Victor Sen Yung (1914), Brian Schmidt (1967), and Tim Hardin (1941).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 92Before him are Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), Thomas Say (1787), Theodore Gill (1837), Jack Horner (1946), Elmer Drew Merrill (1876), and George Newbold Lawrence (1806). After him are Alice Hamilton (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), and Theobald Smith (1859).