BIOLOGIST

Edward Newton

1832 - 1897

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Sir Edward Newton (10 November 1832 – 25 April 1897) was a British colonial administrator and ornithologist. He was born at Elveden Hall, Suffolk the sixth and youngest son of William Newton, MP. He was the brother of ornithologist Alfred Newton. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Newton has received more than 39,483 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Newton is the 917th most popular biologist (down from 666th in 2019), the 4,502nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,379th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular British Biologist.

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  • 45.07

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Edward Newton ranks 917 out of 1,097. Before him are G. Ledyard Stebbins, Nikolai Turczaninow, Jan-Just Bos, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Mark Catesby, and Jon E. Ahlquist. After him are George Engelmann, William Sherard, Johan Lange, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Osamu Hayaishi, and Victor Motschulsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Edward Newton ranks 90. Before him are William Thomas Blanford, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Gyula Szapáry, Mary Everest Boole, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, and Edward Wilmot Blyden. After him are José María Campo Serrano, Gaspar Núñez de Arce, Octave Chanute, Mikhail Clodt von Jürgensburg, Isaac Israel Hayes, and Juris Alunāns. Among people deceased in 1897, Edward Newton ranks 77. Before him are Lea Ahlborn, Francesco Brioschi, Juan Idiarte Borda, Isaac Pitman, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, and Jules de Burlet. After him are Berthold Englisch, and Margaret Oliphant.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Newton ranks 4,502 out of 8,785. Before him are Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Jamie Bell (1986), Mark Catesby (1683), Emily Hobhouse (1860), and Luke Goss (1968). After him are James Frain (1968), Morton Betts (1847), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), Almroth Wright (1861), Zak Starkey (1965), and Owain Yeoman (1978).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Edward Newton ranks 142. Before him are Francis Willughby (1635), Robert Morison (1620), William Yarrell (1784), Thomas Nuttall (1786), Ann Bishop (1899), and Mark Catesby (1683). After him are William Sherard (1659), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Robert Wight (1796), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Joseph Barcroft (1872), and Thomas Pennant (1726).

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