1685 - 1760
George Clifford III (7 January 1685, Amsterdam – 10 April 1760, Heemstede) was a wealthy Dutch banker and one of the directors of the Dutch East India Company. He is known for his keen interest in plants and gardens. His summer estate Hartekamp, south of Haarlem in Heemstede near Bennebroek, had a rich variety of plants and he engaged the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné ("Carl Linnaeus"), who stayed at his estate from 1736 to 1738, to write Hortus Cliffortianus (1737), a masterpiece of early botanical literature published in 1738, and for which Georg Dionysius Ehret did the illustrations. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Clifford III has received more than 35,213 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Clifford III is the 480th most popular biologist (down from 402nd in 2019), the 530th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 424th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Dutch Biologist.
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Among biologists, George Clifford III ranks 480 out of 841. Before him are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Garrett Hardin, Petter Adolf Karsten, Bertha Lutz, René Dubos, and Sébastien Vaillant. After him are Achille Valenciennes, Jean Cabanis, Aaron Aaronsohn, Edmond Albius, Pieter Bleeker, and Reginald Punnett.
1752 - 1804
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 474
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 475
1834 - 1917
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 476
1894 - 1976
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 477
1901 - 1982
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 478
1669 - 1722
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 479
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 480
1794 - 1865
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 481
1816 - 1906
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 482
1876 - 1919
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 483
1829 - 1880
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 484
1819 - 1870
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 485
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 486
Among people born in 1685, George Clifford III ranks 19. Before him are Farrukhsiyar, Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, William Kent, Dominikus Zimmermann, Francesco Loredan, and Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Johann Adolf II, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, George Hadley, and Jacob Theodor Klein. Among people deceased in 1760, George Clifford III ranks 11. Before him are Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Alaungpaya, Adrien Manglard, Christoph Graupner, and William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel. After him is Charlotte de Rohan.
1685 - 1719
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 13
1685 - 1735
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 14
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 15
1685 - 1766
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 16
1685 - 1762
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 17
1685 - 1753
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 18
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 19
1685 - 1746
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 20
1685 - 1761
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 21
1685 - 1768
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 22
1685 - 1759
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 23
1712 - 1760
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 5
1700 - 1760
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 6
1714 - 1760
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1695 - 1760
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 8
1683 - 1760
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 9
1682 - 1760
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 10
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 11
1737 - 1760
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, George Clifford III ranks 530 out of 1,427. Before him are Bart van der Leck (1876), Simeon ten Holt (1923), Mary of Guelders (1434), Piet Schrijvers (1946), Georginio Wijnaldum (1990), and Hennie Kuiper (1949). After him are Abraham Jacob van der Aa (1792), Ibrahim Afellay (1986), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Evert van Aelst (1602), Willem Marinus Dudok (1884), and Dirk Jan de Geer (1870).
1876 - 1958
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 524
1923 - 2012
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 525
1434 - 1463
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 526
1946 - 2022
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 527
1990 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 528
1949 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 529
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 530
1792 - 1857
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 531
1986 - Present
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 532
1819 - 1870
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 533
1602 - 1657
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 534
1884 - 1974
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 535
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 536
Among biologists born in Netherlands, George Clifford III ranks 11. Before him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778), Pieter Boddaert (1730), and Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734). After him are Pieter Bleeker (1819), Johannes Burman (1707), Volcher Coiter (1534), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), C. B. van Niel (1897), and Wilhem de Haan (1801).
1637 - 1680
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 5
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 6
1727 - 1817
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 7
1778 - 1858
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 8
1730 - 1795
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 9
1734 - 1793
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 10
1685 - 1760
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 11
1819 - 1870
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 12
1707 - 1779
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 13
1534 - 1576
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 14
1686 - 1762
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 15
1897 - 1985
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 16
1801 - 1855
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 17