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George Bentham

1800 - 1884

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George Bentham (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, described by the weed botanist Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century". Born into a distinguished family, he initially studied law, but had a fascination with botany from an early age, which he soon pursued, becoming president of the Linnaean Society in 1861, and a fellow of the Royal Society in 1862. He was the author of a number of important botanical works, particularly flora. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Bentham has received more than 128,075 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). George Bentham is the 396th most popular biologist (down from 341st in 2019), the 2,206th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,907th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Bentham ranks 396 out of 841Before him are Olof Swartz, Moritz Wagner, Zhores Medvedev, Georg August Schweinfurth, Ivan Regen, and Brian Kobilka. After him are Ludwig Reichenbach, Julius von Sachs, Karl Eichwald, Clemens von Pirquet, Henri Milne-Edwards, and Heinrich Anton de Bary.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, George Bentham ranks 39Before him are Charles Rogier, Friedrich August Stüler, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Auguste von Harrach, Ekkathat, and Mihály Vörösmarty. After him are Ippolito Rosellini, Henri Milne-Edwards, Emil Aarestrup, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Tokugawa Nariaki, and Sadeq Khan Zand. Among people deceased in 1884, George Bentham ranks 33Before him are Eduard Totleben, Gustave Le Gray, Hans Rott, François Mignet, Pavlo Chubynsky, and Ludwig Richter. After him are Johann Gottfried Piefke, Jan Arnošt Smoler, Kiến Phúc, Gotthilf Hagen, Cyrus McCormick, and Juan Bautista Alberdi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Bentham ranks 2,206 out of 7,765Before him are Noel Redding (1945), Peter Mayle (1939), Roy Salvadori (1922), Damian Lewis (1971), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), and David Trimble (1944). After him are George Herbert (1593), J. B. Priestley (1894), John William Draper (1811), Peter Hammill (1948), Sidney Smith (1764), and William Bayliss (1860).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, George Bentham ranks 63Before him are Paul Nurse (1949), William Hudson (1730), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Francis Darwin (1848), William Aiton (1731), and Edward Daniel Clarke (1769). After him are William Curtis (1746), William Jackson Hooker (1785), Gregory Winter (1951), Richard Lydekker (1849), Reginald Punnett (1875), and Samuel Frederick Gray (1766).