1731 - 1802
Erasmus Robert Darwin (12 December 1731 – 18 April 1802) was an English physician. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erasmus Darwin has received more than 723,468 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Erasmus Darwin is the 54th most popular biologist (down from 45th in 2019), the 508th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 438th in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Biologist.
Erasmus Darwin is most famous for being a physician and a natural philosopher. He was born in 1731 and died in 1802. He was the grandfather of Charles Darwin.
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Among biologists, Erasmus Darwin ranks 54 out of 841. Before him are Nikolai Vavilov, Hugo de Vries, Vladimir Vernadsky, Adelbert von Chamisso, Jean-Henri Fabre, and François Jacob. After him are Albert Claude, Hugo Theorell, Ernst Mayr, Hermann Joseph Muller, Linda B. Buck, and George Beadle.
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 48
1848 - 1935
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 49
1863 - 1945
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 50
1781 - 1838
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 51
1823 - 1915
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 52
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 53
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 54
1899 - 1983
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 55
1903 - 1982
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 56
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 57
1890 - 1967
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 58
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 59
1903 - 1989
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1731, Erasmus Darwin ranks 3. Before him are Henry Cavendish and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France. After him are Martha Washington, Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, Marcello Bacciarelli, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, William Aiton, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Maria Fortunata d'Este, and Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1802, Erasmus Darwin ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Clotilde of France, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Martha Washington, Ludovico Manin, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, Prince Henry of Prussia, Alexander Radishchev, and Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.
1731 - 1810
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 1
1731 - 1767
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 2
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 3
1731 - 1802
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 4
1731 - 1805
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 5
1731 - 1818
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 6
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 7
1731 - 1798
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 8
1731 - 1793
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 9
1731 - 1808
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 10
1731 - 1803
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 11
1731 - 1795
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 12
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 1
1751 - 1802
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 2
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 3
1771 - 1802
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 4
1731 - 1802
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 5
1725 - 1802
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 6
1734 - 1802
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 7
1773 - 1802
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 8
1762 - 1802
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 9
1726 - 1802
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 10
1749 - 1802
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 11
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 508 out of 7,765. Before him are Stanley Baldwin (1867), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Frank Williams (1942), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), and Annie Besant (1847). After him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Thomas Cranmer (1489), John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), David Hockney (1937), and Henry Hudson (1570).
1867 - 1947
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 502
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 503
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 504
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 505
1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 506
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 507
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 508
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 509
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 510
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 511
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 512
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 513
1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 514
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Francis Crick (1916), Robert Brown (1773), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Christian de Duve (1917), and Richard Owen (1804). After him are John Edward Gray (1800), Philip Miller (1691), Julian Huxley (1887), John Gurdon (1933), William Carey (1761), and Philip Sclater (1829).
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 4
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 5
1773 - 1858
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 6
1825 - 1895
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 7
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 8
1804 - 1892
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 9
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 10
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 11
1691 - 1771
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 12
1887 - 1975
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 14
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 15
1829 - 1913
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 16