BIOLOGIST

Henry Weed Fowler

1878 - 1965

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Henry Weed Fowler (March 23, 1878 – June 21, 1965) was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan. He joined the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and worked as an assistant from 1903 to 1922, associate curator of vertebrates from 1922 to 1934, curator of fish and reptiles from 1934 to 1940 and curator of fish from 1940 to 1965.He published material on numerous topics including crustaceans, birds, reptiles and amphibians, but his most important work was on fish. In 1927 he co-founded the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists and acted as treasurer until the end of 1927.In 1934, he went to Cuba, alongside Charles Cadwalader (president of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia), at the invitation of Ernest Hemingway to study billfishes, he stayed with Hemingway for six weeks and the three men developed a friendship which continued after this trip and Hemingway sent specimens to, and corresponded with, both Fowler and Cadwalader afterwards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Weed Fowler has received more than 35,730 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Weed Fowler is the 1,029th most popular biologist (down from 945th in 2019), the 12,125th most popular biography from United States (up from 12,663rd in 2019) and the 165th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Henry Weed Fowler has had the most page views in the with 4,754 views, followed by Spanish (661), and Vietnamese (575). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Vietnamese (61.06%), Catalan (54.89%), and Egyptian Arabic (40.65%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Henry Weed Fowler ranks 1,029 out of 1,097. Before him are Albert Charles Smith, Walter Buller, Ilkka Hanski, Karl Shuker, David Prain, and Elmer McCollum. After him are Anthony R. Hunter, Outram Bangs, Aristid Lindenmayer, Austin Stevens, William Bartram, and John Kunkel Small.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Henry Weed Fowler ranks 242. Before him are Gaston Salmon, Frederick Humphreys, Robert Warwick, James Truslow Adams, Taylor Holmes, and John McLean. After him are Meredith Colket, Roy Atwell, Thomas MacDonagh, Major Taylor, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, and Grace Abbott. Among people deceased in 1965, Henry Weed Fowler ranks 234. Before him are Eetje Sol, Gilbert Colgate, Vajiha Samadova, Irving Bacon, Óscar Cristi, and Daniel Frank. After him are Zachary Scott, Gladys Davis, Randall Jarrell, Clemence Dane, Louis Baillon, and Haldor Halderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Weed Fowler ranks 12,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Sarah Drew (1980), Benjamin Stoddert (1751), Alan Merrill (1951), Tommy Noonan (1921), and Patsy Kelly (1910). After him are George Voinovich (1936), Mildred Bailey (1907), Daniel Roebuck (1963), Art Taylor (1929), Sonja Sohn (1964), and Conrad Vernon (1968).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Henry Weed Fowler ranks 165. Before him are Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), Norman I. Platnick (1951), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Albert Charles Smith (1906), and Elmer McCollum (1879). After him are Outram Bangs (1863), William Bartram (1739), John Kunkel Small (1869), John Cassin (1813), Charles B. Cory (1857), and Rita R. Colwell (1934).

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