1799 - 1834
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 52,308 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 19 in 2019). David Douglas is the 869th most popular biologist (down from 763rd in 2019), the 4,555th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,902nd in 2019) and the 141st most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, David Douglas ranks 869 out of 841. Before him are Charles Sibley, Frank Chapman, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Charles B. Cory, and John Hopfield. After him are Charles Walter De Vis, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Georg Ossian Sars, John Belchier, William Yarrell, and Walter Buller.
1917 - 1998
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 863
1864 - 1945
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 864
1764 - 1830
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 865
1878 - 1944
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 866
1857 - 1921
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 867
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 868
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 869
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 870
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 871
1837 - 1927
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 872
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 873
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 874
1838 - 1906
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 875
Among people born in 1799, David Douglas ranks 53. Before him are David Don, František Čelakovský, William Rutter Dawes, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Arnott Walker-Arnott, and Avdotia Istomina. After him are Samuel George Morton, Eliza Acton, Thomas Hood, Titian Peale, and Simon Cameron. Among people deceased in 1834, David Douglas ranks 38. Before him are Alexius Frederick Christian, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Jacques Labillardière, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and William H. Crawford. After him is William Wirt.
1799 - 1841
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 47
1799 - 1852
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 48
1799 - 1868
HPI: 45.61
Rank: 49
1799 - 1874
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 50
1799 - 1868
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 51
1799 - 1848
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 52
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 53
1799 - 1851
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 54
1799 - 1859
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 55
1799 - 1845
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 56
1799 - 1885
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 57
1799 - 1889
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 58
1767 - 1834
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 32
1805 - 1834
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 33
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 34
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 35
1776 - 1834
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 36
1772 - 1834
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 37
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 38
1772 - 1834
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 39
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Douglas ranks 4,555 out of 7,765. Before him are Pat Symonds (1953), David Hampshire (1917), Leeroy Thornhill (1968), Basil Dearden (1911), George Moorhouse (1901), and Chris Wolstenholme (1978). After him are Harry Golombek (1911), John Masefield (1878), Robert Smirke (1780), Thomas Baines (1820), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), and Marina Diamandis (1985).
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 4,549
1917 - 1990
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 4,550
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,551
1911 - 1971
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,552
1901 - 1943
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,553
1978 - Present
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,554
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,555
1911 - 1995
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 4,556
1878 - 1967
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 4,557
1780 - 1867
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 4,558
1820 - 1875
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 4,559
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 4,560
1985 - Present
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 4,561
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, David Douglas ranks 141. Before him are Prideaux John Selby (1788), Joseph Barcroft (1872), Mark Catesby (1683), Gilbert White (1720), Alister Hardy (1896), and George Montagu (1751). After him are Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), William Yarrell (1784), Bryan Sykes (1947), Charles Tate Regan (1878), and Lancelot Hogben (1895).
1788 - 1867
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 135
1872 - 1947
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 136
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 137
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 138
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 139
1751 - 1815
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 140
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 141
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 142
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 143
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 144
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 145
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 146
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 147