BIOLOGIST

David Starr Jordan

1851 - 1931

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David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Starr Jordan has received more than 548,500 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). David Starr Jordan is the 662nd most popular biologist (down from 514th in 2019), the 6,003rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,969th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Biologist.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Starr Jordan ranks 662 out of 1,097. Before him are John du Pont, Jacob Bjerknes, George Albert Boulenger, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Mary-Claire King, and Walter Sutton. After him are Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Jinzō Matsumura, Amotz Zahavi, Robert Swinhoe, Japetus Steenstrup, and Samuel Garman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, David Starr Jordan ranks 73. Before him are Jane Dieulafoy, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Viggo Johansen, Ruperto Chapí, Gérard Leman, and Ernst Hartwig. After him are Friedrich von Scholtz, Nikolaos Kalogeropoulos, Thérèse Schwartze, Spyridon Lambros, Carl Locher, and Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte. Among people deceased in 1931, David Starr Jordan ranks 108. Before him are Oskar Minkowski, Ida B. Wells, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, José Figueroa Alcorta, Victor Bérard, and Curt von François. After him are Aleksander Skrzyński, Elsa Laula Renberg, Jetze Doorman, Kinue Hitomi, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, and Federico Tinoco Granados.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Starr Jordan ranks 6,003 out of 20,380. Before him are Julia Quinn (1970), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Beverly Aadland (1942), Ted Neeley (1943), Walter Sutton (1877), and Gale Anne Hurd (1955). After him are Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Pia Zadora (1953), Jonathan Davis (1971), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), and Leila Hyams (1905).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, David Starr Jordan ranks 93. Before him are George C. Williams (1926), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Charles David Keeling (1928), John du Pont (1938), Mary-Claire King (1946), and Walter Sutton (1877). After him are Samuel Garman (1843), Jane Colden (1724), Richard Lewontin (1929), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Joseph Leidy (1823), and Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890).

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