1914 - 2018
David William Goodall (4 April 1914 – 10 May 2018) was an English-born Australian botanist and ecologist. He was influential in the early development of statistical methods in plant communities. He worked as researcher and professor in England, Australia, Ghana and the United States. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Goodall has received more than 15,701 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. David Goodall is the 739th most popular biologist (down from 636th in 2019), the 3,703rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,120th in 2019) and the 107th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, David Goodall ranks 739 out of 841. Before him are Jakob Emanuel Lange, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Hipólito Ruiz López, Thomas Hardwicke, Karl Moritz Schumann, and Daniel Oliver. After him are James Francis Stephens, Jules Verreaux, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Curt Backeberg, George Edwards, and Johann Jakob Heckel.
1864 - 1941
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 733
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 734
1754 - 1816
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 735
1755 - 1835
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 736
1851 - 1904
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 737
1830 - 1916
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 738
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 739
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 740
1807 - 1873
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 741
1858 - 1926
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 742
1894 - 1966
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 743
1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 744
1790 - 1857
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 745
Among people born in 1914, David Goodall ranks 266. Before him are Adrien Rommel, Evelyn Furtsch, Jan de Hartog, Élie Bayol, Emmanuel Roblès, and Renato Olmi. After him are Julio Caro Baroja, Théo Lefèvre, Michael Grant, Carlos Menditeguy, Amelia Bence, and Martí de Riquer i Morera. Among people deceased in 2018, David Goodall ranks 315. Before him are Barys Kit, Idrissa Ouédraogo, Sergio Gonella, Per Ahlmark, John Miles, and Susan Anspach. After him are Kazimierz Kutz, Anne Treisman, Antonio Mercero, Hal Greer, Paddy Ashdown, and Luigi Radice.
1914 - 1963
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 260
1914 - 2015
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 261
1914 - 2002
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 262
1914 - 1995
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 263
1914 - 1995
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 264
1914 - 1985
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 265
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 266
1914 - 1995
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 267
1914 - 1973
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 268
1914 - 2004
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 269
1914 - 1973
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 270
1914 - 2016
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 271
1914 - 2013
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 272
1910 - 2018
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 309
1954 - 2018
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 310
1933 - 2018
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 311
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 312
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 313
1942 - 2018
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 314
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 315
1929 - 2018
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 316
1935 - 2018
HPI: 45.65
Rank: 317
1936 - 2018
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 318
1936 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 319
1941 - 2018
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 320
1935 - 2018
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 321
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Goodall ranks 3,703 out of 7,765. Before him are Malcolm Muggeridge (1903), John Major (1467), Hugh Clapperton (1788), Curt Smith (1961), Ray Park (1974), and Mick Avory (1944). After him are James Francis Stephens (1792), Georges Passerieu (1885), Patricia Hayes (1909), Martin Shaw (1945), Sophie Okonedo (1968), and John Grierson (1898).
1903 - 1990
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 3,697
1467 - 1550
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 3,698
1788 - 1827
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 3,699
1961 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 3,700
1974 - Present
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 3,701
1944 - Present
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 3,702
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 3,703
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 3,704
1885 - 1928
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3,705
1909 - 1998
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3,706
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3,707
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3,708
1898 - 1972
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 3,709
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, David Goodall ranks 107. Before him are John Gerard (1545), Francis Willughby (1635), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), James Sowerby (1757), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), and Daniel Oliver (1830). After him are James Francis Stephens (1792), George Edwards (1694), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), and Nigel Marven (1960).
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 101
1635 - 1672
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 102
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 103
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 104
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 105
1830 - 1916
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 106
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 107
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 108
1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 109
1903 - 1991
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 110
1855 - 1956
HPI: 45.63
Rank: 111
1811 - 1853
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 112
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 113