BIOLOGIST

John Bartram

1699 - 1777

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John Bartram (March 23, 1699 – September 22, 1777) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the world." Bartram corresponded with and shared North American plants and seeds with a variety of scientists in England and Europe. He started what is known as Bartram's Garden in 1728 at his farm in Kingsessing (now part of Philadelphia). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bartram has received more than 165,202 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Bartram is the 1,013th most popular biologist (down from 920th in 2019), the 11,356th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,667th in 2019) and the 156th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Bartram ranks 1,013 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl H. Eigenmann, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Jessica Meir, George R. Price, Timothy Ray Brown, and Alice Wilson. After him are Arthur Gardiner Butler, Alexander Wilson, Elliott Coues, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and Edward William Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, John Bartram ranks 17. Before him are Alamgir II, Mastani, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Bernard de Jussieu, and Rafi ud-Darajat.  Among people deceased in 1777, John Bartram ranks 26. Before him are Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, Dolly Pentreath, John Morton, and Pratap Singh Shah. After him is Button Gwinnett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bartram ranks 11,356 out of 20,380. Before him are Joseph Pilato (1949), Amelia Boynton Robinson (1911), Johnny Rebel (1938), Raphael Tracey (1904), Melissa Hill (1970), and Hobart Bosworth (1867). After him are Ross Alexander (1907), Elliot Richardson (1920), Corey Burton (1955), Edwin H. Colbert (1905), Jerry Rice (1962), and Kamala (1950).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Bartram ranks 156. Before him are Fanny Hesse (1850), Maxine Singer (1931), Amos Eaton (1776), Jessica Meir (1977), George R. Price (1922), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966). After him are Elliott Coues (1842), Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Edward William Nelson (1855), Roger Revelle (1909), Norman I. Platnick (1951), and Charles Sprague Sargent (1841).

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