1902 - 1985
Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (7 April 1902 – 1985) was a notable English botanist and classicist. Airy Shaw was born at The Mount, Grange Road, Woodbridge, Suffolk to a father serving as Second Master at the Woodbridge Grammar School and a mother descended from George Biddell Airy, Astronomer Royal (1835–1881). His younger sister was the illustrator Margaret Olive Milne-Redhead (also known as Olive Shaw). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw has received more than 12,239 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw is the 894th most popular biologist (down from 669th in 2019), the 4,817th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,274th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw ranks 894 out of 841. Before him are Peter Watts, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Samuel Garman, Wilhem de Haan, and Leonhard Stejneger. After him are Pieter Willem Korthals, John Claudius Loudon, David Lack, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Charles Wallace Richmond, and Ruth Patrick.
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 888
1914 - 1999
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 889
1888 - 1948
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 890
1843 - 1927
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 891
1801 - 1855
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 892
1851 - 1943
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 893
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 894
1807 - 1892
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 895
1783 - 1843
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 896
1910 - 1973
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 897
1979 - Present
HPI: 41.19
Rank: 898
1868 - 1932
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 899
1907 - 2013
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 900
Among people born in 1902, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw ranks 285. Before him are Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, Marguerite De La Motte, Rudolf Schoeller, Frank Vaughn, Esther Ralston, and Diógenes Domínguez. After him are Eddie Lang, Leon Ames, Stella Gibbons, Virginia Fox, Ernő Goldfinger, and Tomasz Stankiewicz. Among people deceased in 1985, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw ranks 234. Before him are Milton H. Greene, Mary MacLaren, Helmut Niedermayr, Leatrice Joy, Forbes Burnham, and Dragomir Tošić. After him are Richard Greene, Yevgeny Maskinskov, Gladys Egan, Jack Medica, Phil Silvers, and Evelyn Ankers.
1902 - 1968
HPI: 41.87
Rank: 279
1902 - 1950
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 280
1902 - 1978
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 281
1902 - 1959
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 282
1902 - 1994
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 283
1902 - 2000
HPI: 41.45
Rank: 284
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 285
1902 - 1933
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 286
1902 - 1993
HPI: 41.04
Rank: 287
1902 - 1989
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 288
1902 - 1982
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 289
1902 - 1987
HPI: 40.87
Rank: 290
1902 - 1940
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 291
1922 - 1985
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 228
1900 - 1985
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 229
1915 - 1985
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 230
1893 - 1985
HPI: 41.76
Rank: 231
1923 - 1985
HPI: 41.70
Rank: 232
1909 - 1985
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 233
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 234
1918 - 1985
HPI: 41.27
Rank: 235
1930 - 1985
HPI: 41.24
Rank: 236
1900 - 1985
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 237
1914 - 1985
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 238
1911 - 1985
HPI: 40.96
Rank: 239
1918 - 1985
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 240
Among people born in United Kingdom, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw ranks 4,817 out of 7,765. Before him are George Grove (1820), Stephanie Beacham (1947), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), Bryan Forbes (1926), Louise Brown (1978), and Mary Midgley (1919). After him are Alexander Albon (1996), Kate Mosse (1961), Terence Davies (1945), William Morgan (1547), Victoria Tennant (1950), and Laura Fraser (1976).
1820 - 1900
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 4,811
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 4,812
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 4,813
1926 - 2013
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,814
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,815
1919 - 2018
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,816
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,817
1996 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,818
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,819
1945 - 2023
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 4,820
1547 - 1604
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 4,821
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.34
Rank: 4,822
1976 - Present
HPI: 41.33
Rank: 4,823
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw ranks 150. Before him are William Yarrell (1784), Bryan Sykes (1947), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Alec Jeffreys (1950), and William Kirby (1759). After him are John Claudius Loudon (1783), David Lack (1910), Sydney Parkinson (1745), Archibald Menzies (1754), Thomas Pennant (1726), and Maxwell T. Masters (1833).
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 144
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 145
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 146
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 147
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 148
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 149
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 150
1783 - 1843
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 151
1910 - 1973
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 152
1745 - 1771
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 153
1754 - 1842
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 154
1726 - 1798
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 155
1833 - 1907
HPI: 40.98
Rank: 156