BIOLOGIST

C. B. van Niel

1897 - 1985

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Cornelis Bernardus van Niel (also known as Kees van Niel; November 4, 1897 – March 10, 1985) was a Dutch-American microbiologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. B. van Niel has received more than 169,490 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). C. B. van Niel is the 856th most popular biologist (up from 861st in 2019), the 841st most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 815th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of C. B. van Niels by language

Over the past year C. B. van Niel has had the most page views in the with 14,667 views, followed by Chinese (2,131), and Spanish (1,643). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Estonian (66.67%), Egyptian Arabic (54.55%), and Polish (45.96%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, C. B. van Niel ranks 856 out of 1,097. Before him are Anne McLaren, Daniel Oliver, Joshua Brookes, William Kirby, John Torrey, and William John Swainson. After him are Johannes Schmidt, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Stanley Norman Cohen, Ken Alibek, and Thomas Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, C. B. van Niel ranks 266. Before him are Juan Natalicio González, Géza von Bolváry, I. I. Chundrigar, Isabel Briggs Myers, Archie Stark, and Memphis Minnie. After him are Shidzue Katō, Harald Strøm, Gregory Ratoff, Bert Schneider, Ville Pörhölä, and Jackson Scholz. Among people deceased in 1985, C. B. van Niel ranks 220. Before him are Efrem Zimbalist, Harry Hopman, Josip Primožič, Archie Stark, Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, and Toni Branca. After him are Paul Creston, Jacques de Lacretelle, Fritz Keller, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Richard Haydn, and Myrtle Cook.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, C. B. van Niel ranks 841 out of 1,646. Before him are Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812), Remco Campert (1929), Tini Wagner (1919), Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn (1612), Kajsa Ollongren (1967), and Fedde Schurer (1898). After him are Lucebert (1924), J. Bernlef (1937), Jopie Selbach (1918), Wout Weghorst (1992), Maria Vierdag (1905), and Catharina Lodders (1942).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, C. B. van Niel ranks 16. Before him are Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Johannes Burman (1707), George Clifford III (1685), Volcher Coiter (1534), and Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686). After him are Wilhem de Haan (1801), Wim Crusio (1954), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807).

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