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Gilbert White

1720 - 1793

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Gilbert White (18 July 1720 – 26 June 1793) was a "parson-naturalist", a pioneering English naturalist, ecologist, and ornithologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gilbert White has received more than 268,839 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gilbert White is the 855th most popular biologist (down from 760th in 2019), the 4,448th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,870th in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 270k

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  • 42.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gilbert White ranks 855 out of 841. Before him are Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Robert Ridgway, Charles Horton Peck, Janet Rowley, Mark Catesby, and William Beebe. After him are George Engelmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Joshua Brookes, Alister Hardy, John Torrey, and George Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Gilbert White ranks 24. Before him are Johann Friedrich Agricola, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, Balaji Baji Rao, and Charles De Geer.  Among people deceased in 1793, Gilbert White ranks 45. Before him are Timur Shah Durrani, Roger Sherman, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, Peter Perez Burdett, and William Robertson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gilbert White ranks 4,448 out of 7,765. Before him are Margaret Archer (1943), Ran Laurie (1915), Tony Rolt (1918), Mark Catesby (1683), Steve McClaren (1961), and Tommy Lawton (1919). After him are Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), David Storey (1933), C. H. Dodd (1884), Molly Peters (1942), and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Gilbert White ranks 138. Before him are Keith Campbell (1954), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Louis Fraser (1810), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Joseph Barcroft (1872), and Mark Catesby (1683). After him are Alister Hardy (1896), George Montagu (1751), David Douglas (1799), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), and William Yarrell (1784).

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