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BIOLOGIST

Charles Walter De Vis

1829 - 1915

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Charles Walter de Vis (9 May 1829, Birmingham, England – 30 April 1915, Brisbane, Queensland Australia) was an English zoologist, ornithologist, herpetologist, and botanist. He was born Charles Devis; he changed the spelling to De Vis about 1882. De Vis gained a BA from Magdelene College, Cambridge in 1849, became a deacon in 1852, and was rector of Breane, Somerset, from 1855 to 1859. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Walter De Vis has received more than 24,984 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Charles Walter De Vis is the 870th most popular biologist (down from 686th in 2019), the 4,560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,361st in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles Walter De Vis ranks 870 out of 841. Before her are Frank Chapman, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Charles B. Cory, John Hopfield, and David Douglas. After her are Dukinfield Henry Scott, Georg Ossian Sars, John Belchier, William Yarrell, Walter Buller, and Warwick Estevam Kerr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Charles Walter De Vis ranks 57. Before her are Edwin Long, Epameinondas Deligeorgis, Isaac Roberts, José López Domínguez, William Michael Rossetti, and Théodore Aubanel. After her are Catherine Booth, Ludvig Lorenz, and Roscoe Conkling. Among people deceased in 1915, Charles Walter De Vis ranks 108. Before her are Solomon Schechter, Béla Las-Torres, Antonio Flores Jijón, Lajos Gönczy, Keir Hardie, and Charles Tupper. After her are William Wallace Denslow, Nelson W. Aldrich, John Bunny, W. G. Grace, Lawrence Hargrave, and Mari Beyleryan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Walter De Vis ranks 4,560 out of 7,765. Before her are Chris Wolstenholme (1978), David Douglas (1799), Harry Golombek (1911), John Masefield (1878), Robert Smirke (1780), and Thomas Baines (1820). After her are Marina Diamandis (1985), David Brabham (1965), Chris Anderson (1961), Tammy Abraham (1997), Freya Allan (2001), and Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Charles Walter De Vis ranks 142. Before her are Joseph Barcroft (1872), Mark Catesby (1683), Gilbert White (1720), Alister Hardy (1896), George Montagu (1751), and David Douglas (1799). After her are Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), William Yarrell (1784), Bryan Sykes (1947), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Lancelot Hogben (1895), and Alec Jeffreys (1950).

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