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Bryan Sykes

1947 - 2020

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Bryan Clifford Sykes (9 September 1947 – 10 December 2020) was a British geneticist and science writer who was a Fellow of Wolfson College and Emeritus Professor of human genetics at the University of Oxford. Sykes published the first report on retrieving DNA from ancient bone (Nature, 1989). He was involved in a number of high-profile cases dealing with ancient DNA, including that of Ötzi the Iceman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bryan Sykes has received more than 191,321 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Bryan Sykes is the 995th most popular biologist (down from 877th in 2019), the 5,160th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,661st in 2019) and the 166th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 15

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  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Bryan Sykes ranks 995 out of 1,097. Before him are David Douglas, Christof Koch, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Beatrice Mintz, and Paul Sereno. After him are Annie Lorrain Smith, Robert Collett, John Claudius Loudon, Tilly Edinger, Prideaux John Selby, and Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bryan Sykes ranks 735. Before him are Jan Henne, Clemente Mastella, Patrick Grainville, Robert Gordon, Margaret Rhea Seddon, and Flemming Jørgensen. After him are Amory Lovins, Christine Stückelberger, Oswaldo Ramírez, Francisco Álvarez-Cascos, Hugh N. Kennedy, and Boris Gulko. Among people deceased in 2020, Bryan Sykes ranks 669. Before him are Kumiko Okae, Gregory Areshian, Dawn Wells, Rudi Hoffmann, John Prine, and Vidin Apostolov. After him are Owen Arthur, Millie Small, Michael Wheeler, Clayton Christensen, Antonina Ryzhova, and Stephen Tataw.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bryan Sykes ranks 5,160 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Keegan (1955), Cyril Burt (1883), Jack Wilshere (1992), John Aston Sr. (1921), Richard Doll (1912), and John Lynch (1961). After him are Gracie Fields (1898), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), Sean Pertwee (1964), Thomas Baines (1820), Peter Glenville (1913), and Charles James Napier (1782).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Bryan Sykes ranks 166. Before him are Archibald Menzies (1754), Sarah Gilbert (1962), Gilbert White (1720), Hugh Huxley (1924), Lancelot Hogben (1895), and David Douglas (1799). After him are Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Alexander Wilson (1766), and Karl Shuker (1959).

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