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Birbal Sahni

1891 - 1949

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Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Birbal Sahni has received more than 421,863 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Birbal Sahni is the 634th most popular biologist (up from 725th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 73rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Birbal Sahni ranks 634 out of 841. Before him are Josef August Schultes, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Heinrich Göppert, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, and Ole Borch. After him are George Newbold Lawrence, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Johann Natterer, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Johan Lange, and Philip Barker-Webb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Birbal Sahni ranks 183. Before him are Yevgeny Polivanov, Ferdinand Bruckner, William Christian Bullitt Jr., Sidney Howard, Harry Cohn, and E. A. Dupont. After him are Victor Varconi, Hélène Sparrow, Nikoloz Muskhelishvili, Franz Babinger, Philipp Etter, and Zofia Stryjeńska. Among people deceased in 1949, Birbal Sahni ranks 127. Before him are Alexander Serafimovich, Claes Johanson, Themistoklis Sofoulis, Harry Davenport, Stoyan Danev, and Kalle Anttila. After him are Henry Slocum, Emmanuel Célestin Suhard, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Carl Vaugoin, Johann Friedrich Höger, and Valerio Bacigalupo.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Birbal Sahni ranks 66 out of 180. Before him are Yash Chopra (1932), Prithviraj Kapoor (1906), Farooq Leghari (1940), L. K. Advani (1927), Bahlul Lodi (1406), and Raaj Kumar (1926). After him are Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1904), Duleep Singh (1838), J. B. Kripalani (1888), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), Gulzar (1934), and Art Malik (1952).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Pakistan

Among biologists born in Pakistan, Birbal Sahni ranks 2. Before him are Har Gobind Khorana (1922).

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