BIOLOGIST

David Douglas

1799 - 1834

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David Douglas (25 June 1799 – 12 July 1834) was a Scottish botanist, best known as the namesake of the Douglas fir. He worked as a gardener, and explored the Scottish Highlands, North America and Hawaii, where he died. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Douglas has received more than 53,730 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. David Douglas is the 989th most popular biologist (down from 868th in 2019), the 5,122nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,546th in 2019) and the 165th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Douglas ranks 989 out of 1,097. Before him are Akhtar Hameed Khan, Hugh Huxley, Lancelot Hogben, Adriana Hoffmann, Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, and Stanislas Dehaene. After him are Christof Koch, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Beatrice Mintz, Paul Sereno, and Bryan Sykes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, David Douglas ranks 59. Before him are Eliza Acton, George Finlay, František Čelakovský, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, and Avdotia Istomina. After him are Samuel George Morton, Titian Peale, Thomas Hood, and Simon Cameron. Among people deceased in 1834, David Douglas ranks 44. Before him are Jacques Labillardière, William H. Crawford, Thomas Say, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst. After him is William Wirt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Douglas ranks 5,122 out of 8,785. Before him are Titus Oates (1649), Harvey Barnes (1997), Paul Ritter (1966), Sharon Small (1967), Catherine Tate (1968), and Philip Selway (1967). After him are Lennox Berkeley (1903), Kenneth Connor (1918), Jule Styne (1905), Marina Diamandis (1985), Joyce Cary (1888), and John Stainer (1840).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, David Douglas ranks 165. Before him are Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), Archibald Menzies (1754), Sarah Gilbert (1962), Gilbert White (1720), Hugh Huxley (1924), and Lancelot Hogben (1895). After him are Bryan Sykes (1947), Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), and Alexander Wilson (1766).

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