BIOLOGIST

Desmond Morris

1928 - Today

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Desmond John Morris FLS hon. caus. (born 24 January 1928) is an English zoologist, ethologist and surrealist painter, as well as a popular author in human sociobiology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Morris has received more than 702,509 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Desmond Morris is the 217th most popular biologist (down from 148th in 2019), the 1,257th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 941st in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Biologist.

Desmond Morris is most famous for his book "The Naked Ape" which was published in 1967. This book is a study of human behaviour, with a focus on the influence of the environment on human evolution.

Memorability Metrics

  • 700k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Desmond Morrises by language

Over the past year Desmond Morris has had the most page views in the with 86,071 views, followed by Spanish (11,628), and Italian (9,064). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ido (119.44%), Latin (26.49%), and Korean (23.99%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Desmond Morris ranks 217 out of 1,097. Before him are Wilbur Scoville, Tomitaro Makino, Joseph Banks, Hans Driesch, Hideyo Noguchi, and Michael W. Young. After him are Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Stephan Endlicher, Albert von Kölliker, Roberto de Visiani, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and H. Robert Horvitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Desmond Morris ranks 126. Before him are Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Bo Diddley, Peter Naur, Howard S. Becker, Hayden White, and Branko Mikulić. After him are Fumihiko Maki, Yaacov Agam, Christa Ludwig, Roddy McDowall, Humberto Maturana, and Juan María Bordaberry.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Desmond Morris ranks 1,257 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Rolls (1877), Robert Adam (1728), Frank Williams (1942), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Thomas Simpson (1710), and Keith O'Brien (1938). After him are Denny Laine (1944), A. S. Byatt (1936), Andy Fletcher (1961), R. G. Collingwood (1889), Susan Boyle (1961), and Dusty Springfield (1939).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Desmond Morris ranks 35. Before him are George Shaw (1751), Charles Bell (1774), Oldfield Thomas (1858), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), Thomas Browne (1605), and Joseph Banks (1743). After him are Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Michael Houghton (1949), Nehemiah Grew (1641), William Aiton (1731), Richard Henderson (1945), and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817).

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