BIOLOGIST

Elliott Coues

1842 - 1899

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Elliott Ladd Coues (; September 9, 1842 – December 25, 1899) was an American army surgeon, historian, ornithologist, and author. He led surveys of the Arizona Territory, and later as secretary of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elliott Coues has received more than 77,181 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Elliott Coues is the 1,016th most popular biologist (down from 933rd in 2019), the 11,510th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,715th in 2019) and the 157th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Elliott Coues ranks 1,016 out of 1,097Before him are George R. Price, Timothy Ray Brown, Alice Wilson, John Bartram, Arthur Gardiner Butler, and Alexander Wilson. After him are Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Edward William Nelson, Roger Revelle, Norman I. Platnick, and Charles Sprague Sargent.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, Elliott Coues ranks 102Before him are Mary Putnam Jacobi, Édouard Louis Trouessart, João Barbosa Rodrigues, Robert Collett, Charles Lapworth, and Henry Hyndman. After him are Phoebe Hearst, and Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1899, Elliott Coues ranks 85Before him are Wendela Hebbe, Monier Monier-Williams, Édouard Pailleron, Serafino Dubois, Henry Tate, and Oscar Baumann. After him are Kapiʻolani, and Henry Heth.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elliott Coues ranks 11,510 out of 20,380Before him are Beverly Garland (1926), Todd Bridges (1965), Luke Grimes (1984), Elaine Hendrix (1970), Ana Brenda Contreras (1986), and Michael Trucco (1970). After him are Lisa Eichhorn (1952), R. L. Burnside (1926), David Johansen (1950), Britt Robertson (1990), Moroni Olsen (1889), and Peter Laird (1954).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Elliott Coues ranks 157Before him are Maxine Singer (1931), Amos Eaton (1776), Jessica Meir (1977), George R. Price (1922), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), and John Bartram (1699). After him are Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), and Albert Charles Smith (1906).