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Daniel Oliver

1830 - 1916

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Daniel Oliver, FRS (6 February 1830, Newcastle upon Tyne – 21 December 1916) was an English botanist. He was Librarian of the Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew from 1860–1890 and Keeper there from 1864–1890, and Professor of Botany at University College, London from 1861–1888. In 1864, while at UCL, he published Lessons in Elementary Botany, based upon material left in manuscript by John Stevens Henslow, and illustrated by Henslow's daughter, Anne Henslow Barnard of Cheltenham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Oliver has received more than 18,261 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Daniel Oliver is the 738th most popular biologist, the 3,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 106th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Daniel Oliver ranks 738 out of 841. Before him are James Sowerby, Jakob Emanuel Lange, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Hipólito Ruiz López, Thomas Hardwicke, and Karl Moritz Schumann. After him are David Goodall, James Francis Stephens, Jules Verreaux, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Curt Backeberg, and George Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Daniel Oliver ranks 60. Before him are Clements Markham, Charles Wyville Thomson, Peter Arnold Heise, Karolina Světlá, Henry Bird, and Viktor Madarász. After him are John Moresby, James G. Blaine, Oliver Otis Howard, Abraham Jacobi, Henry Flagler, and Lina Morgenstern. Among people deceased in 1916, Daniel Oliver ranks 122. Before him are Leo Anton Karl de Ball, Boris Borisovich Golitsyn, Josiah Royce, Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Georgios Theotokis, and Cleveland Abbe. After him are Alexander Voeikov, Charles Booth, Guido Romano, Mary Everest Boole, Lorenzo Latorre, and Tom Clarke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Daniel Oliver ranks 3,688 out of 7,765. Before him are Gerald Finzi (1901), George Crabbe (1754), Ethel Thomson Larcombe (1879), M.I.A. (1975), Peter Lorimer (1946), and Chad of Mercia (634). After him are Kenneth Cranham (1944), Fred Frith (1949), Margaret Leighton (1922), Peter Ackroyd (1949), Leslie Phillips (1924), and Stafford Cripps (1889).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Daniel Oliver ranks 106. Before him are Thomas Bell (1792), John Gerard (1545), Francis Willughby (1635), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), James Sowerby (1757), and D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860). After him are David Goodall (1914), James Francis Stephens (1792), George Edwards (1694), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), and Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811).

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