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George Romanes

1848 - 1894

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George John Romanes (20 May 1848 – 23 May 1894) was a Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulating a similarity of cognitive processes and mechanisms between humans and other animals. He was the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends, and his views on evolution are historically important. He is considered to invent the term neo-Darwinism, which in the late 19th century was considered as a theory of evolution that focuses on natural selection as the main evolutionary force. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Romanes has received more than 104,896 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Romanes is the 751st most popular biologist, the 368th most popular biography from Canada and the 4th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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  • 16

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  • 5.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Romanes ranks 751 out of 1,097. Before him are Auguste Duméril, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, David Ho, Louis Fraser, Neil Campbell, and Akira Endo. After him are Mary F. Lyon, Charles Wyville Thomson, August W. Eichler, Pál Kitaibel, Michele Tenore, and John Gerard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, George Romanes ranks 100. Before him are Oskar Lenz, Gunnar Knudsen, William Frederick Denning, Adolf Lang, Robert Planquette, and Josef Václav Myslbek. After him are Jean Aicard, Helene Lange, Joel Chandler Harris, Bernard Bosanquet, Grant Allen, and Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde. Among people deceased in 1894, George Romanes ranks 74. Before him are Brian Houghton Hodgson, William Dwight Whitney, Edmond Frémy, Boston Corbett, Joseph Schröter, and Adolf Friedrich von Schack. After him are Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Victor Duruy, George Inness, Alphons Czibulka, R. M. Ballantyne, and Kitamura Tokoku.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Romanes ranks 368 out of 1,622. Before him are Gordon Thomson (1945), Stu Hart (1915), Gordon Neufeld (1947), Michel Tremblay (1942), Owen Hart (1965), and David Furnish (1962). After him are Geddy Lee (1953), Chief Dan George (1899), Xavier Dolan (1989), Julie Payette (1963), Doug Rogers (1941), and David Reimer (1965).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, George Romanes ranks 4. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), John Murray (1841), and David Suzuki (1936). After him are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Peter Watts (1958), Alice Wilson (1881), Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), Alice Eastwood (1859), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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