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Jerry Coyne

1949 - Today

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Jerry Allen Coyne (born December 30, 1949) is an American biologist and skeptic known for his work on speciation and his commentary on intelligent design. A professor emeritus at the University of Chicago in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, he has published numerous papers on the theory of evolution. His concentration is speciation and ecological and evolutionary genetics, particularly as they involve the fruit fly, Drosophila. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jerry Coyne has received more than 386,192 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jerry Coyne is the 1,077th most popular biologist (down from 946th in 2019), the 14,425th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,802nd in 2019) and the 183rd most popular American Biologist.

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  • 390k

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  • 45.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jerry Coyne ranks 1,077 out of 1,097. Before him are Stephen Schneider, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Jenny Clack, Maurice Kottelat, Xu Xing, and E. B. Ford. After him are Sidney Dillon Ripley, Margaret Morse Nice, Jill Bolte Taylor, Angelika Amon, Matt Ridley, and Pamela C. Rasmussen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jerry Coyne ranks 779. Before him are Pat Fraley, Marilyn Quayle, Bruce E. Melnick, Peter Navarro, Kenneth D. Cameron, and Dan Barker. After him are Jim Gilmore, Sandy Martin, Lou Macari, Manny Villar, Ivan Stoyanov, and Amama Mbabazi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jerry Coyne ranks 14,425 out of 20,380. Before him are Junkyard Dog (1952), Nancy Lynch (1948), Randy Travis (1959), Dorothy Height (1912), Frank Klepacki (1974), and Frankie Carle (1903). After him are Tom C. Clark (1899), James Duval (1972), Obie Trice (1977), Bailey Jay (1988), Joshua Bassett (2000), and Jesse Lee Soffer (1984).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Jerry Coyne ranks 183. Before him are Eugenie Clark (1922), Neil Shubin (1960), Susan Lindquist (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Albert William Herre (1868), and Stephen Schneider (1945). After him are Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), Peter Dodson (1946), and PZ Myers (1957).

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