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John Abbot

1751 - 1840

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John Abbot (1751—c. 1840) was an American naturalist and artist. He was the first artist in the New World to create an extensive series of insect drawings and to show insects in all stages of development. In addition to more than 3,000 insect illustrations, he also produced drawings of birds and plants. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Abbot has received more than 2,869 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Abbot is the 690th most popular biologist (up from 811th in 2019), the 3,348th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,123rd in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Abbot ranks 690 out of 1,097Before him are Émile Blanchard, Johan August Wahlberg, Lucas Alamán, Henri Cassini, August von Pelzeln, and Ernst Stromer. After him are Johann Natterer, Astrid Cleve, David Suzuki, Johann Jakob Kaup, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, and Carl Skottsberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, John Abbot ranks 27Before him are Julie Billiart, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Anders Dahl, Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, and William Roxburgh. After him are Corona Schröter, Johan Henric Kellgren, George Montagu, John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth, Henry Dearborn, and Pratap Singh Shah. Among people deceased in 1840, John Abbot ranks 41Before him are Sidney Smith, Franz Meyen, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Anthony Carlisle, Karl Leberecht Immermann, and Joseph Johann von Littrow. After him are Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, James Prinsep, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, John Adair, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and Felix Grundy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Abbot ranks 3,348 out of 8,785Before him are Capability Brown (1716), Francis Hauksbee (1660), Aneka (1947), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Charles Avison (1709), and William Bradford (1590). After him are Rupert Graves (1963), Andrew Planche (1727), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), and Matt Monro (1930).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Abbot ranks 92Before him are John Sims (1749), William Roxburgh (1751), Reginald Punnett (1875), N. E. Brown (1849), Keith Campbell (1954), and John Hutchinson (1884). After him are Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Osbert Salvin (1835), John Belchier (1706), John Richardson (1787), Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), and Miriam Rothschild (1908).