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Francis Walker

1809 - 1874

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Francis Walker (31 July 1809 – 5 October 1874) was an English entomologist. He was born in Southgate, London, on 31 July 1809 and died at Wanstead, England on 5 October 1874. He was one of the most prolific authors in entomology, and stirred controversy during his later life as his publications resulted in a huge number of junior synonyms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Walker has received more than 6,384 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Francis Walker is the 912th most popular biologist (down from 777th in 2019), the 4,954th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,139th in 2019) and the 159th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Francis Walker ranks 912 out of 841Before him are Maxwell T. Masters, Edward Lhuyd, William Bartram, Lucy Shapiro, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, and Outram Bangs. After him are Sarah Gilbert, Alexander Wendt, Austin Stevens, Maxine Singer, Alice Catherine Evans, and William Murrill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Francis Walker ranks 66Before him are Louis Meijer, Svend Foyn, Juan Antonio Pezet, Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, and Sterling Price. After him is Robert M. T. Hunter. Among people deceased in 1874, Francis Walker ranks 53Before him are Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Charles Sumner, Vítězslav Hálek, Robert Edmond Grant, Ștefan Golescu, and Carl Meissner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Walker ranks 4,954 out of 7,765Before him are Binnie Barnes (1903), Max Horton (1883), Terry McDermott (1951), Nigel Lawson (1932), Mel Smith (1952), and Bartholomew Gosnold (1572). After him are Passenger (1984), John Stainer (1840), Thomas Linacre (1460), Clive Brook (1887), Perry McCarthy (1961), and Clare Higgins (1955).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Francis Walker ranks 159Before him are Sydney Parkinson (1745), Archibald Menzies (1754), Thomas Pennant (1726), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Edward Lhuyd (1660), and Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800). After him are Sarah Gilbert (1962), Frederic Moore (1830), Anthony R. Hunter (1943), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Karl Shuker (1959), and George Don (1798).