BIOLOGIST

David Prain

1857 - 1944

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Sir David Prain (11 July 1857 – 16 March 1944) was a Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden and went on to become Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Prain has received more than 25,173 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Prain is the 1,027th most popular biologist, the 5,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 173rd most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 25k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of David Prains by language

Over the past year David Prain has had the most page views in the with 2,634 views, followed by Spanish (637), and Russian (490). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (37.77%), Swedish (11.59%), and Egyptian Arabic (9.15%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Prain ranks 1,027 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Sprague Sargent, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Albert Charles Smith, Walter Buller, Ilkka Hanski, and Karl Shuker. After him are Elmer McCollum, Henry Weed Fowler, Anthony R. Hunter, Outram Bangs, Aristid Lindenmayer, and Austin Stevens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, David Prain ranks 131. Before him are Edward Henry Potthast, John Joly, Auguste Serrurier, Max Weiss, Michael Pedersen Friis, and Arthur Wesley Dow. After him are Walter Rutherford, Charles B. Cory, Rudolf Thurneysen, Gertrude Atherton, Alice Stone Blackwell, and Alfred Lyttelton. Among people deceased in 1944, David Prain ranks 307. Before him are Perry McGillivray, George B. Seitz, Eugen Burg, Walter Middelberg, Franz Berghammer, and Siegfried Powolny. After him are Alfred Schmalzer, Ernest Townsend, Robert Frazer, Mike Bookie, Robert Curry, and Laird Cregar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Prain ranks 5,688 out of 8,785. Before him are Darren Fletcher (1984), Tom Bridger (1934), Aimee Lou Wood (1995), Richard Seddon (1845), Karl Shuker (1959), and Saunders Lewis (1893). After him are Bert Williams (1920), Kenneth Richmond (1926), Matt Lucas (1974), Phoebe Fox (1987), Tim Renwick (1949), and Kathleen Byron (1921).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, David Prain ranks 173. Before him are Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), John Claudius Loudon (1783), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Alexander Wilson (1766), and Karl Shuker (1959). After him are Anthony R. Hunter (1943), David Lack (1910), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), William Forsell Kirby (1844), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), and Francis Walker (1809).

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