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Charles Sprague Sargent

1841 - 1927

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Charles Sprague Sargent (April 24, 1841 – March 22, 1927) was an American botanist. He was appointed in 1872 as the first director of Harvard University's Arnold Arboretum in Boston, Massachusetts, and held the post until his death. He published several works of botany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Sprague Sargent has received more than 55,221 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Sprague Sargent is the 1,022nd most popular biologist (down from 904th in 2019), the 11,918th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,228th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles Sprague Sargent ranks 1,022 out of 1,097. Before him are Elliott Coues, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Edward William Nelson, Roger Revelle, and Norman I. Platnick. After him are Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Albert Charles Smith, Walter Buller, Ilkka Hanski, Karl Shuker, and David Prain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, Charles Sprague Sargent ranks 99. Before him are Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Kliment of Tarnovo, Chrétien Waydelich, Mary Arthur McElroy, Andrew Ainslie Common, and Julio Herrera y Obes. After him is Blanche Bruce. Among people deceased in 1927, Charles Sprague Sargent ranks 151. Before him are George Nichols, Virgilio Mantegazza, Émile Albrecht, William Healey Dall, Carl H. Eigenmann, and Sarah Frances Whiting. After him are Harry Johnston, Sybil Bauer, Juliette Gordon Low, and B. B. Comer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Sprague Sargent ranks 11,918 out of 20,380. Before him are Lillian Russell (1860), Sharon Lawrence (1961), John Taylor (1883), Matthew Barney (1967), Alex Kurtzman (1973), and Tito Santana (1953). After him are Barbara Kingsolver (1955), Rick Yancey (1962), Lydia Lunch (1959), Elizabeth Marvel (1969), John Boozman (1950), and Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Charles Sprague Sargent ranks 162. Before him are John Bartram (1699), Elliott Coues (1842), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), and Norman I. Platnick (1951). After him are Albert Charles Smith (1906), Elmer McCollum (1879), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Outram Bangs (1863), William Bartram (1739), and John Kunkel Small (1869).

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