BIOLOGIST

David Bruce

1855 - 1931

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Major-General Sir David Bruce, (29 May 1855 – 27 November 1931) was a Scottish pathologist and microbiologist who made some of the key contributions in tropical medicine. In 1887, he discovered a bacterium, now called Brucella, that caused what was known as Malta fever. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Bruce has received more than 25,364 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). David Bruce is the 338th most popular biologist (down from 251st in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Australia (down from 61st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Biologist.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.37

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  • 2.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Bruce ranks 338 out of 1,097. Before him are Hermann Burmeister, Motoo Kimura, Craig Venter, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, Esther Lederberg, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. After him are Carl Sigismund Kunth, Wilder Penfield, Carl Ludwig Blume, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Abraham Trembley, and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, David Bruce ranks 47. Before him are Eugène Boch, Hüseyin Hilmi Pasha, Samad bey Mehmandarov, Giovanni Pascoli, Albert F. Mummery, and James S. Sherman. After him are Hermes da Fonseca, Paul Émile Appell, Jean Lorrain, Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, Princess Marie of Prussia, and Marie Corelli. Among people deceased in 1931, David Bruce ranks 59. Before him are Samad bey Mehmandarov, Felix Blumenfeld, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Melvil Dewey, William Bates, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ. After him are Xu Zhimo, Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Osachi Hamaguchi, Louise, Princess Royal, Prince Friedrich Leopold of Prussia, and Jean-Louis Forain.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, David Bruce ranks 78 out of 1,143. Before him are Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark (1972), Elizabeth von Arnim (1866), Diane Cilento (1933), Howard Florey (1898), David Helfgott (1947), and Toni Collette (1972). After him are Ron Clarke (1937), Judy Davis (1955), Nick Vujicic (1982), Mark Evans (1956), David Wenham (1965), and Helen Reddy (1941).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Australia

Among biologists born in Australia, David Bruce ranks 3. Before him are Elizabeth Blackburn (1948), and Macfarlane Burnet (1899). After him are Robert May, Baron May of Oxford (1936), David A. Sinclair (1969), Frank Fenner (1914), and Suzanne Cory (1942).

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