BIOLOGIST

Edward Donovan

1768 - 1837

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Edward Donovan (1768 – 1 February 1837) was an Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist. He did not travel, but collected, described and illustrated many species based on the collections of other naturalists. His many books were successful in his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Donovan has received more than 30,473 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Donovan is the 815th most popular biologist, the 235th most popular biography from Ireland and the 3rd most popular Irish Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Edward Donovan ranks 815 out of 1,097. Before him are Herbert Copeland, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Alfred Cogniaux, Gottlieb Haberlandt, Félix de Avelar Brotero, and George Edwards. After him are Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Gaston Bonnier, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Carl Bolle, and Jules Pierre Rambur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Edward Donovan ranks 45. Before him are Hendrik Voogd, Marie Friederike of Hesse-Kassel, Friedrich von Adelung, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, and Marie-Jeanne de Lalande. After him are Astley Cooper, Mah Laqa Bai, John Crome, Sikandar Jah, and Smith Thompson. Among people deceased in 1837, Edward Donovan ranks 44. Before him are Princess Louise Eleonore of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Étienne-Gaspard Robert, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, Pavel Schilling, Joseph Grimaldi, and Ayub Shah Durrani. After him are Ivan Dmitriev, and Henry Thomas Colebrooke.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edward Donovan ranks 235 out of 549. Before him are Leo Varadkar (1979), Lena Rice (1866), Ciarán of Clonmacnoise (516), William Quan Judge (1851), Garret FitzGerald (1926), and Mabel Cahill (1863). After him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo (1822), Wolfe Tone (1763), Stuart Townsend (1972), Robert McClure (1807), Domhnall Gleeson (1983), and Charles Haughey (1925).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Ireland

Among biologists born in Ireland, Edward Donovan ranks 3. Before him are John Ellis (1710), and George Allman (1812). After him are William Henry Harvey (1811).

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