BIOLOGIST
George Edwards
1694 - 1773
George Edwards
George Edwards (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was an English naturalist and ornithologist, known as the "father of British ornithology". Edwards was born at West Ham, then in the county of Essex. In his early years, he travelled extensively through mainland Europe, studying natural history, and gained a reputation for his coloured drawings of animals, especially birds. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Edwards has received more than 14,240 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). George Edwards is the 744th most popular biologist (down from 653rd in 2019), the 3,721st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,212th in 2019) and the 109th most popular British Biologist.
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14k
Page Views (PV)
45.70
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
21
Languages Editions (L)
4.16
Effective Languages (L*)
2.91
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, George Edwards ranks 744 out of 841. Before her are Daniel Oliver, David Goodall, James Francis Stephens, Jules Verreaux, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, and Curt Backeberg. After her are Johann Jakob Heckel, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Albert Charles Smith, Hermann Harms, Henry Nicholas Ridley, and Johann Jakob Kaup.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1694, George Edwards ranks 22. Before her are Augustine Washington, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson, Daniel Gran, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington, and Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1773, George Edwards ranks 15. Before her are Paisius of Hilendar, Philibert Commerson, Anton Janša, Alexis Piron, Stanisław Konarski, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus.
Others Born in 1694
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Augustine Washington
1694 - 1743
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 16
Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach
1694 - 1729
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 17
René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson
1694 - 1757
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 18
Daniel Gran
1694 - 1757
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 19
Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington
1694 - 1753
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 20
Duchess Gustave Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
1694 - 1748
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 21
George Edwards
1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 22
Others Deceased in 1773
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Paisius of Hilendar
1722 - 1773
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 9
Philibert Commerson
1727 - 1773
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 10
Anton Janša
1734 - 1773
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 11
Alexis Piron
1689 - 1773
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 12
Stanisław Konarski
1700 - 1773
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 13
Johan Ernst Gunnerus
1718 - 1773
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 14
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1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 15
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Edwards ranks 3,721 out of 7,765. Before her are Mary Garden (1874), Edward Pigott (1753), Vivian Fuchs (1908), Margery Kempe (1373), Roger Hargreaves (1935), and Richard Burns (1971). After her are Sam Smith (1992), Joe Hart (1987), Kate Atkinson (1951), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), and Michael Grant (1914).
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Mary Garden
1874 - 1967
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 3,715
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HPI: 45.72
Rank: 3,716
Vivian Fuchs
1908 - 1999
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 3,717
Margery Kempe
1373 - Present
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 3,718
Roger Hargreaves
1935 - 1988
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 3,719
Richard Burns
1971 - 2005
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 3,720
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HPI: 45.70
Rank: 3,721
Sam Smith
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Rank: 3,722
Joe Hart
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HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3,723
Kate Atkinson
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3,724
Henry Edward Manning
1808 - 1892
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3,725
Æthelwold of Winchester
900 - 984
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3,726
Michael Grant
1914 - 2004
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 3,727
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Among biologists born in United Kingdom, George Edwards ranks 109. Before her are Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), James Sowerby (1757), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Daniel Oliver (1830), David Goodall (1914), and James Francis Stephens (1792). After her are G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Nigel Marven (1960), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), and George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799).
Richard Thomas Lowe
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 103
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1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 104
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1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 105
Daniel Oliver
1830 - 1916
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 106
David Goodall
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 107
James Francis Stephens
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 108
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1694 - 1773
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 109
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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HPI: 45.68
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HPI: 45.63
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HPI: 45.60
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HPI: 45.56
Rank: 113
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HPI: 45.46
Rank: 114
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HPI: 45.36
Rank: 115
