BIOLOGIST
James Sowerby
1757 - 1822
James Sowerby
James Sowerby (21 March 1757 – 25 October 1822) was an English naturalist, illustrator and mineralogist. Contributions to published works, such as A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland or English Botany, include his detailed and appealing plates. The use of vivid colour and accessible texts was intended to reach a widening audience in works of natural history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Sowerby has received more than 50,502 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). James Sowerby is the 732nd most popular biologist (down from 711th in 2019), the 3,667th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,554th in 2019) and the 104th most popular British Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, James Sowerby ranks 732 out of 841. Before him are Frédéric de Lafresnaye, John Gerard, Karl Hugo Strunz, Francis Willughby, Richard Thomas Lowe, and Johann Christoph Wendland. After him are Jakob Emanuel Lange, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Hipólito Ruiz López, Thomas Hardwicke, Karl Moritz Schumann, and Daniel Oliver.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1757, James Sowerby ranks 36. Before him are Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Wojciech Bogusławski, Pál Kitaibel, Countess Friederike von Schlieben, and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth. After him are Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, John Adair, and Charles Pinckney. Among people deceased in 1822, James Sowerby ranks 36. Before him are Pierre-François Bouchard, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Uesugi Harunori, Frei Galvão, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, and Rudolph Schadow. After him are William Pinkney and Pierce Butler.
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Albrecht Wilhelm Roth
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 30
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
1757 - 1854
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 31
Wojciech Bogusławski
1757 - 1829
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 32
Pál Kitaibel
1757 - 1817
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 33
Countess Friederike von Schlieben
1757 - 1827
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 34
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth
1757 - 1833
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 35
James Sowerby
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 36
Gervasio Antonio de Posadas
1757 - 1833
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 37
John Adair
1757 - 1840
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 38
Charles Pinckney
1757 - 1824
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 39
Others Deceased in 1822
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Pierre-François Bouchard
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 30
Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider
1750 - 1822
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 31
Uesugi Harunori
1751 - 1822
HPI: 50.20
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Frei Galvão
1739 - 1822
HPI: 50.09
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Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti
1754 - 1822
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 34
Rudolph Schadow
1786 - 1822
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 35
James Sowerby
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 36
William Pinkney
1764 - 1822
HPI: 42.17
Rank: 37
Pierce Butler
1744 - 1822
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 38
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Sowerby ranks 3,667 out of 7,765. Before him are Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Gordon Haskell (1946), David Arnold (1962), Ray Reardon (1932), Patrick Malahide (1945), and Henry Lincoln (1930). After him are E. T. Whittaker (1873), Emerald Fennell (1985), Dave Gibbons (1949), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Simone Perrotta (1977), and Paul Kossoff (1950).
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Jonathan Riley-Smith
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Gordon Haskell
1946 - 2020
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David Arnold
1962 - Present
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Ray Reardon
1932 - Present
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Patrick Malahide
1945 - Present
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Henry Lincoln
1930 - 2022
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James Sowerby
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 3,667
E. T. Whittaker
1873 - 1956
HPI: 45.85
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Emerald Fennell
1985 - Present
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Rank: 3,669
Dave Gibbons
1949 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 3,670
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 3,671
Simone Perrotta
1977 - Present
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 3,672
Paul Kossoff
1950 - 1976
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 3,673
Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, James Sowerby ranks 104. Before him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Thomas Bell (1792), John Gerard (1545), Francis Willughby (1635), and Richard Thomas Lowe (1802). After him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Daniel Oliver (1830), David Goodall (1914), James Francis Stephens (1792), George Edwards (1694), and G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903).
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1766 - 1849
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Rank: 99
Thomas Bell
1792 - 1880
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Rank: 100
John Gerard
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 101
Francis Willughby
1635 - 1672
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 102
Richard Thomas Lowe
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 103
James Sowerby
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 104
D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
1860 - 1948
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 105
Daniel Oliver
1830 - 1916
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 106
David Goodall
1914 - 2018
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 107
James Francis Stephens
1792 - 1852
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 108
George Edwards
1694 - 1773
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Rank: 109
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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