1759 - 1828
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 72,263 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). James Edward Smith is the 251st most popular biologist (down from 178th in 2019), the 1,536th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,056th in 2019) and the 40th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, James Edward Smith ranks 251 out of 844. Before him are Craig Venter, Pierre Belon, Gregory Goodwin Pincus, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Patrick Geddes, and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini. After him are Karl Möbius, Lorenz Oken, René Louiche Desfontaines, Charles Chamberland, Salim Ali, and Takenoshin Nakai.
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 245
1517 - 1564
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 246
1903 - 1967
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 247
1794 - 1868
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 248
1854 - 1932
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 249
1797 - 1848
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 250
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 251
1825 - 1908
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 252
1779 - 1851
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 253
1750 - 1833
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 254
1851 - 1908
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 255
1896 - 1987
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 256
1882 - 1952
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 257
Among people born in 1759, James Edward Smith ranks 20. Before him are Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach, Jacques Cathelineau, and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg. After him are François Devienne, Johann Christoph Friedrich GutsMuths, Johann Christian Reil, William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Franz Krommer, and William Playfair. Among people deceased in 1828, James Edward Smith ranks 16. Before him are Kobayashi Issa, William Hyde Wollaston, Karl August, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Radama I, and Charlotte, Princess Royal. After him are Sineperver Sultan, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Richard Parkes Bonington, Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, and Lady Caroline Lamb.
1759 - 1818
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 14
1759 - 1840
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 15
1759 - 1805
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 16
1759 - 1845
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 17
1759 - 1793
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 18
1759 - 1830
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 19
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 20
1759 - 1803
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 21
1759 - 1839
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 22
1759 - 1813
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 23
1759 - 1834
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 24
1759 - 1831
HPI: 63.25
Rank: 25
1759 - 1823
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 26
1763 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
1766 - 1828
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 11
1757 - 1828
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 12
1752 - 1828
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 13
1793 - 1828
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 14
1766 - 1828
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 15
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 16
1761 - 1828
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 17
1770 - 1828
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 18
1801 - 1828
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 19
1752 - 1828
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 20
1760 - 1828
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 21
1785 - 1828
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Edward Smith ranks 1,536 out of 6,924. Before him are Robert Morrison (1782), Hugh Fraser (1945), Sid Watkins (1928), John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404), Michael Redgrave (1908), and Iain Glen (1961). After him are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), John Alcock (1892), Thomas Cole (1801), Thomas Kyd (1558), Kingsley Amis (1922), and Tom Sharpe (1928).
1782 - 1834
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 1,530
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 1,531
1928 - 2012
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,532
1404 - 1444
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,533
1908 - 1985
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,534
1961 - Present
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 1,535
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,536
1871 - 1955
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,537
1892 - 1919
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 1,538
1801 - 1848
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,539
1558 - 1594
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,540
1922 - 1995
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,541
1928 - 2013
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 1,542
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, James Edward Smith ranks 40. Before him are Thomas Browne (1605), John Boyd Orr (1880), John Gould (1804), Arthur Tansley (1871), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Patrick Geddes (1854). After him are Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), William Aiton (1731), and Nehemiah Grew (1641).
1605 - 1682
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 34
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 35
1804 - 1881
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 36
1871 - 1955
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 37
1942 - Present
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 38
1854 - 1932
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 39
1759 - 1828
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 40
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 41
1796 - 1861
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 42
1942 - Present
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 43
1769 - 1822
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 44
1731 - 1793
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 45
1641 - 1712
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 46