1762 - 1829
Francis Buchanan FRSE FRS FLS (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish surgeon, surveyor and botanist who made significant contributions as a geographer and zoologist while living in India. He did not assume the name of Hamilton until three years after his retirement from India. The standard botanical author abbreviation Buch.-Ham. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Buchanan-Hamilton has received more than 144,530 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). Francis Buchanan-Hamilton is the 426th most popular physician (up from 465th in 2019), the 2,493rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,543rd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Physician.
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Among physicians, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ranks 426 out of 502. Before him are Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Dorotea Bucca, David Cooper, Friedrich von Esmarch, Peter C. Doherty, and Kurt Blome. After him are Mehmet Oz, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Vivien Thomas, Ernst von Bergmann, and Luigi Carlo Farini.
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 420
1360 - 1436
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 421
1931 - 1986
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 422
1823 - 1908
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 423
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 424
1894 - 1969
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 425
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 426
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 427
1744 - 1774
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 428
1783 - 1856
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 429
1910 - 1985
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 430
1836 - 1907
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 431
1812 - 1866
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 432
Among people born in 1762, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ranks 24. Before him are Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Herman Willem Daendels, Anton Bernolák, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, Jeremias Benjamin Richter, and Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After him are Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Marcos Portugal, Princess Caroline of Nassau-Usingen, Giuseppe Valadier, Lachlan Macquarie, and Joanna Baillie. Among people deceased in 1829, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ranks 32. Before him are Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Adam Müller, Nikolay Raevsky, Juan Ignacio Molina, Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth, and James Smithson. After him are Matsudaira Sadanobu, Cristóbal Mendoza, Frederick VI, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Anouvong, George Dawe, and Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros.
1762 - 1853
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 18
1762 - 1818
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 19
1762 - 1813
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 20
1762 - 1836
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 21
1762 - 1807
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 22
1762 - 1831
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 23
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 24
1762 - 1825
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 25
1762 - 1830
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 26
1762 - 1823
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 27
1762 - 1839
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 28
1762 - 1824
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 29
1762 - 1851
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 30
1753 - 1829
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 26
1779 - 1829
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 27
1771 - 1829
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 28
1740 - 1829
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 29
1760 - 1829
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 30
1765 - 1829
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 31
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 32
1759 - 1829
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 33
1772 - 1829
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 34
1769 - 1829
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 35
1767 - 1829
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 36
1781 - 1829
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 37
1756 - 1829
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 38
Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ranks 2,493 out of 7,765. Before him are Corin Redgrave (1939), Egon Pearson (1895), Banastre Tarleton (1754), Shirley Eaton (1937), Donald Watson (1910), and Alexander Gordon Laing (1794). After him are Steve Bruce (1960), David Burke (1934), Pete Burns (1959), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Terry-Thomas (1911), and Henry Pottinger (1789).
1939 - 2010
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 2,487
1895 - 1980
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 2,488
1754 - 1833
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 2,489
1937 - Present
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 2,490
1910 - 2005
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 2,491
1794 - 1826
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 2,492
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 2,493
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 2,494
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 2,495
1959 - 2016
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 2,496
1735 - 1811
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 2,497
1911 - 1990
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 2,498
1789 - 1856
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 2,499
Among physicians born in United Kingdom, Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ranks 33. Before him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), William Cullen (1710), William Bayliss (1860), John Latham (1740), James Braid (1795), and William Gull (1816). After him are William Turner (1510), Rutherford Alcock (1809), Harry Seeley (1839), James Young Simpson (1811), John Crawfurd (1783), and James Paget (1814).
1836 - 1917
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 27
1710 - 1790
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 28
1860 - 1924
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 29
1740 - 1837
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 30
1795 - 1860
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 31
1816 - 1890
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 32
1762 - 1829
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 33
1510 - 1568
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 34
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 35
1839 - 1909
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 36
1811 - 1870
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 37
1783 - 1868
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 38
1814 - 1899
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 39