1838 - 1921
Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He became the first president of the American Ornithologists' Union, the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, and the first head of that museum's Department of Ornithology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joel Asaph Allen has received more than 64,751 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joel Asaph Allen is the 294th most popular biologist (up from 383rd in 2019), the 2,931st most popular biography from United States (up from 3,550th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 294 out of 841. Before him are John Hughlings Jackson, Othenio Abel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Josif Pančić, Carol W. Greider, and John Gould. After him are Jack W. Szostak, Phillip Allen Sharp, Ludwik Fleck, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Christian Ludwig Brehm, and Lev Berg.
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 288
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 289
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 290
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 291
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 292
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 293
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 294
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 295
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 296
1896 - 1961
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 297
1797 - 1848
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 298
1787 - 1864
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 299
1876 - 1950
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 300
Among people born in 1838, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 48. Before him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Duke Philipp of Württemberg, Nicolae Grigorescu, Henry Sidgwick, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and Konstanty Kalinowski. After him are Siegfried Bing, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Jules Dalou, Szymon Winawer, Lucien Olivier, and Paolo Boselli. Among people deceased in 1921, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 56. Before him are Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Annie Edson Taylor, Juhani Aho, Otto von Gierke, Adolf von Hildebrand, and Jean-Paul Laurens. After him are Said Halim Pasha, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Émile Combes.
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 42
1838 - 1917
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 43
1838 - 1907
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 44
1838 - 1900
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 45
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 46
1838 - 1864
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 47
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 48
1838 - 1905
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 49
1838 - 1906
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 50
1838 - 1902
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 51
1838 - 1919
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 52
1838 - 1883
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 53
1838 - 1932
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 54
1844 - 1921
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 50
1838 - 1921
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 51
1861 - 1921
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 52
1841 - 1921
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 53
1847 - 1921
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 54
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 55
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 56
1865 - 1921
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 57
1849 - 1921
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 58
1850 - 1921
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 59
1851 - 1921
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 60
1863 - 1921
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 61
1835 - 1921
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 62
Among people born in United States, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 2,931 out of 18,182. Before him are Stephen Smale (1930), Terence McKenna (1946), J. P. Guilford (1897), Don Norman (1935), Kurtwood Smith (1943), and Jonathan Franzen (1959). After him are Jerry Brudos (1939), Linda Nochlin (1931), Bill Hewlett (1913), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), Dolores Costello (1903), and S. S. Van Dine (1888).
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,925
1946 - 2000
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,926
1897 - 1987
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 2,927
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 2,928
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,929
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,930
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 2,931
1939 - 2006
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,932
1931 - 2017
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,933
1913 - 2001
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,934
1866 - 1925
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,935
1903 - 1979
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,936
1888 - 1939
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 2,937
Among biologists born in United States, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 55. Before him are James Dwight Dana (1813), Martin Chalfie (1947), David Julius (1955), Wilder Penfield (1891), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Carol W. Greider (1961). After him are Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), Gregory Goodwin Pincus (1903), James Rothman (1950), Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), Eugene Odum (1913), and Luther Burbank (1849).
1813 - 1895
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 49
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 50
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 51
1891 - 1976
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 52
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 53
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 54
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 55
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 56
1903 - 1967
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 57
1950 - Present
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 58
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 59
1913 - 2002
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 60
1849 - 1926
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 61