1855 - 1931
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 24,592 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. David Bruce is the 252nd most popular biologist (up from 258th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Australia (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Australian Biologist.
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Among biologists, David Bruce ranks 252 out of 841. Before him are Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, Carl Correns, Rupert Sheldrake, David Julius, and August Grisebach. After him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, James Edward Smith, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Hermann Schlegel, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart.
1781 - 1826
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 246
1751 - 1813
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 247
1864 - 1933
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 248
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 249
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 250
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 251
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 252
1784 - 1838
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 253
1797 - 1878
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 254
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 255
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 256
1804 - 1884
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 257
1742 - 1795
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 258
Among people born in 1855, David Bruce ranks 33. Before him are Evelyn De Morgan, Guido Adler, Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Edwin Hall, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Eduard Meyer. After him are Alexandre Darracq, Christian Bohr, Alexandros Zaimis, Vsevolod Garshin, Xu Shichang, and Giovanni Pascoli. Among people deceased in 1931, David Bruce ranks 51. Before him are Auguste Forel, Eugene de Blaas, Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria, Melvil Dewey, Antonio Salandra, and Princess Isabella of Croÿ. After him are Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Alexandre Darracq, Nellie Melba, Salvatore Maranzano, Louise, Princess Royal, and William Bates.
1855 - 1919
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 27
1855 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 28
1855 - 1907
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 29
1855 - 1938
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 30
1855 - 1934
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 31
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 32
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 33
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 34
1855 - 1911
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 35
1855 - 1936
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 36
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 37
1855 - 1939
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 38
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 39
1848 - 1931
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 45
1843 - 1931
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 46
1863 - 1931
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 47
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 48
1853 - 1931
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 49
1856 - 1931
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 50
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 51
1872 - 1931
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 52
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 53
1861 - 1931
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 54
1886 - 1931
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 55
1867 - 1931
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 56
1860 - 1931
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 57
Among people born in Australia, David Bruce ranks 61 out of 925. Before him are Phil Rudd (1954), Luís Vaz de Torres (1565), Rhonda Byrne (1945), Harold Holt (1908), Raymond Dart (1893), and David Helfgott (1947). After him are John Newcombe (1944), Cassandra Harris (1948), Edward Cassidy (1924), Michael Hutchence (1960), Nellie Melba (1861), and Thomas Keneally (1935).
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 55
1565 - 1614
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 56
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 57
1908 - 1967
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 58
1893 - 1988
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 59
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 60
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 61
1944 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 62
1948 - 1991
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 63
1924 - 2021
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 64
1960 - 1997
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 65
1861 - 1931
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 66
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 67
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), Frank Fenner (1914), and Suzanne Cory (1942).
1948 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 1
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 2
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 3
1936 - 2020
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 4
1914 - 2010
HPI: 43.43
Rank: 5
1942 - Present
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 6