BIOLOGIST

George C. Williams

1926 - 2010

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George Christopher Williams (May 12, 1926 – September 8, 2010) was an American evolutionary biologist. Williams was a professor of biology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook who was best known for his vigorous critique of group selection. The work of Williams in this area, along with W. D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George C. Williams has received more than 40,127 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). George C. Williams is the 619th most popular biologist (down from 527th in 2019), the 5,540th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,074th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 56.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George C. Williams ranks 619 out of 1,097. Before him are Ray Lankester, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Rolf Singer, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, and Karl Rudolphi. After him are Nils Johan Andersson, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Imre Frivaldszky, William Henry Hudson, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, and Magnus Manske.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, George C. Williams ranks 281. Before him are Geoffrey Howe, Fred Gwynne, Richard Jaeckel, Moshe Sanbar, Rafiq Nishonov, and René Depestre. After him are Cedella Booker, Armand Penverne, Paul G. Comba, Agostino Cacciavillan, Marcello Abbado, and Bernard Agré. Among people deceased in 2010, George C. Williams ranks 228. Before him are Dixie Carter, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Ed Roberts, Charles Mackerras, Loki Schmidt, and Jacqueline de Romilly. After him are Robert Byrd, Jyoti Basu, Kenneth Noland, Brian G. Marsden, Dezső Bundzsák, and Chushiro Hayashi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George C. Williams ranks 5,540 out of 20,380. Before him are Garry Shandling (1949), Paget Brewster (1969), Leland Sklar (1947), Michael Imperioli (1966), Doug Hutchison (1960), and David Bryan (1962). After him are Anne Haney (1934), Margaret Taylor (1788), Michael Tomasello (1950), Margaret Colin (1958), Bob Brookmeyer (1929), and Robert Byrd (1917).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, George C. Williams ranks 87. Before him are Sewall Wright (1889), Harold E. Varmus (1939), Garrett Hardin (1915), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Jack Horner (1946), and Alfred Sturtevant (1891). After him are Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Charles David Keeling (1928), John du Pont (1938), Mary-Claire King (1946), Walter Sutton (1877), and David Starr Jordan (1851).

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