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Jane Colden

1724 - 1766

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Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist,: 53–4  described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in contemporary botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, for which botanist Peter Collinson stated "she deserves to be celebrated".: 54  Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America, which ignores, among others, Maria Sibylla Merian or Catherine Jérémie. Colden was respected as a botanist by many prominent botanists including John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jane Colden has received more than 53,505 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Jane Colden is the 703rd most popular biologist (up from 806th in 2019), the 6,381st most popular biography from United States (up from 8,033rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jane Colden ranks 703 out of 1,097. Before her are Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Jan Frederik Gronovius, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, and Ruth Arnon. After her are Édouard Spach, Ignaz Schiffermüller, Richard Lewontin, Philip Barker-Webb, Curt Backeberg, and Josephine Kablick.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Jane Colden ranks 33. Before her are Ji Yun, Johann Julius Walbaum, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Georges-Louis Le Sage.  Among people deceased in 1766, Jane Colden ranks 18. Before her are François-Jean de la Barre, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Jean Astruc, Dominikus Zimmermann, Jacques Aved, and Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer. After her is Ivan Polzunov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Colden ranks 6,381 out of 20,380. Before her are Louis Calhern (1895), Edwin Stanton (1814), Corbin Bleu (1989), Helene Hanff (1916), Joseph Sargent (1925), and Robert Ryman (1930). After her are Thelma Todd (1906), Steven Culp (1955), Bernadette Peters (1948), Joseph Sweeney (1884), Jerrie Cobb (1931), and Theodore Robinson (1852).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Jane Colden ranks 95. Before her are Charles David Keeling (1928), John du Pont (1938), Mary-Claire King (1946), Walter Sutton (1877), David Starr Jordan (1851), and Samuel Garman (1843). After her are Richard Lewontin (1929), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Joseph Leidy (1823), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), James L. Peters (1889), and Neil Campbell (1946).

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