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Francis Buchanan-Hamilton

1762 - 1829

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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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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.73

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHYSICIANS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United Kingdom

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).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

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).

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