BIOLOGIST

James Edward Smith

1759 - 1828

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Sir James Edward Smith (2 December 1759 – 17 March 1828) was an English botanist and founder of the Linnean Society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Edward Smith has received more than 83,195 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). James Edward Smith is the 393rd most popular biologist (down from 254th in 2019), the 2,098th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,578th in 2019) and the 58th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 83k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, James Edward Smith ranks 393 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Fortune, Ernst Schäfer, Kliment Timiryazev, Princess Therese of Bavaria, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, and Juliane Koepcke. After him are Odoardo Beccari, August Batsch, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Martha Chase, Gregory Winter, and Jean Cabanis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, James Edward Smith ranks 25. Before him are François Devienne, Johann Christian Reil, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, William Playfair, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, and Franz Krommer. After him are Ferenc Kazinczy, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Matsudaira Sadanobu, Jakob II Bernoulli, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, and Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles. Among people deceased in 1828, James Edward Smith ranks 21. Before him are Sineperver Sultan, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Radama I, Charlotte Buff, Richard Parkes Bonington, and Samuel Frederick Gray. After him are Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Gilbert Stuart, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, Lady Caroline Lamb, and Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Edward Smith ranks 2,098 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Ridgeley (1963), Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset (1499), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), John Baskerville (1706), Joseph Delaney (1945), and William Smith (1790). After him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet (1816), Glenn Hoddle (1957), Frank Dicksee (1853), Irvine Welsh (1957), and Jane Digby (1807).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, James Edward Smith ranks 58. Before him are John Gould (1804), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Robert Fortune (1812). After him are Gregory Winter (1951), Marie Stopes (1880), John Needham (1713), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), William Speirs Bruce (1867), and William Hudson (1730).

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