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George Montagu

1751 - 1815

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George Montagu (1753 – 20 June 1815) was a British military officer and ornithologist. He was known for his pioneering Ornithological Dictionary of 1802, which for the first time accurately defined the status of Britain's birds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Montagu has received more than 6,935 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Montagu is the 864th most popular biologist (down from 860th in 2019), the 4,198th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,465th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 2.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Montagu ranks 864 out of 1,097. Before him are Johannes Schmidt, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Stanley Norman Cohen, Ken Alibek, and Thomas Bell. After him are Henry Nicholas Ridley, Grigore Antipa, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Pierre Chambon, Hermann Harms, and Birbal Sahni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, George Montagu ranks 30. Before him are Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, William Roxburgh, John Abbot, Corona Schröter, and Johan Henric Kellgren. After him are John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Henry Dearborn, Pratap Singh Shah, Benjamin Stoddert, and Benjamin Williams. Among people deceased in 1815, George Montagu ranks 31. Before him are John Singleton Copley, Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, Jakub Jan Ryba, William Roxburgh, and Thomas Picton. After him are Benjamin Smith Barton, John Carroll, Charles Lee, Richard Bassett, and Peter the Aleut.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Montagu ranks 4,198 out of 8,785. Before him are Nicholas Hawksmoor (1661), Nigel Davenport (1928), Andy White (1930), Raymond Gosling (1926), William Nicol (1770), and Humza Yousaf (1985). After him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Brandon Carter (1942), Ernest Mangnall (1866), William Dobson (1610), Ray Thomas (1941), and Raymond Briggs (1934).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, George Montagu ranks 126. Before him are Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), Anne McLaren (1927), Daniel Oliver (1830), William Kirby (1759), William John Swainson (1789), and Thomas Bell (1792). After him are Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Charles Tate Regan (1878), and Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800).

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