1731 - 1802
Erasmus 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 492,832 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Erasmus Darwin is the 45th most popular biologist (up from 47th in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 429th in 2019) and the 8th 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 45 out of 844. Before him are August Weismann, Ada Yonath, Harald zur Hausen, Jean-Henri Fabre, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, and Adelbert von Chamisso. After him are Robert Brown, Christian de Duve, Theodor Schwann, Hans Spemann, Hugo de Vries, and Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin.
1834 - 1914
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 39
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 41
1823 - 1915
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 42
1683 - 1757
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 43
1781 - 1838
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 44
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 45
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 46
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 47
1810 - 1882
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 48
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 49
1848 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 50
1855 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 51
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, Gaetano Pugnani, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Marcello Bacciarelli, William Aiton, Christian Cannabich, Maria Fortunata d'Este, and William Cowper. Among people deceased in 1802, Erasmus Darwin ranks 1. After him are Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Clotilde of France, Ludovico Manin, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Martha Washington, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Alexander Radishchev, Franz Aepinus, Prince Henry of Prussia, and Jens Juel.
1731 - 1810
HPI: 80.91
Rank: 1
1731 - 1767
HPI: 74.83
Rank: 2
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 3
1731 - 1802
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 4
1731 - 1805
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 5
1731 - 1798
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 6
1731 - 1808
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 7
1731 - 1818
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 8
1731 - 1793
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 9
1731 - 1798
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 10
1731 - 1803
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 11
1731 - 1800
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 12
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1
1751 - 1802
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 2
1771 - 1802
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 3
1759 - 1802
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 4
1725 - 1802
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 5
1734 - 1802
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 6
1731 - 1802
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 7
1773 - 1802
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 8
1749 - 1802
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 9
1724 - 1802
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 10
1726 - 1802
HPI: 66.85
Rank: 11
1745 - 1802
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 439 out of 6,924. Before him are Isaac Barrow (1631), Walter Raleigh (1554), John Dowland (1563), James IV of Scotland (1473), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Edgar the Peaceful (943). After him are Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Sid Vicious (1957), Oliver Sacks (1933), William Adams (1564), David Beckham (1975), and Gary Moore (1952).
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 433
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 434
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 435
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 436
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 437
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 438
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 439
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 440
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 441
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 442
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 443
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 444
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 445
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Erasmus Darwin ranks 8. Before him are Alexander Fleming (1881), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Rosalind Franklin (1920), Francis Crick (1916), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), and Richard Owen (1804). After him are Robert Brown (1773), Christian de Duve (1917), John Edward Gray (1800), Philip Miller (1691), Julian Huxley (1887), and John Gurdon (1933).
1881 - 1955
HPI: 86.31
Rank: 2
1823 - 1913
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 3
1920 - 1958
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 4
1916 - 2004
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 5
1825 - 1895
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 6
1804 - 1892
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 7
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 8
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 9
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 10
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 11
1691 - 1771
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 12
1887 - 1975
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 14