BIOLOGIST
John Belchier
1706 - 1785
John Belchier
John Belchier (1706 – 6 February 1785) was a British surgeon at Guy's Hospital from 1736 to 1768. He discovered at about the time of his Guy's appointment that the vegetable dye madder stained newly forming bone tissue, opening up the study of the growth and development of the skeleton, which was taken forward by Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau and John Hunter. Belchier was awarded the Copley Medal by the Royal Society in 1737. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Belchier has received more than 17,815 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Belchier is the 873rd most popular biologist, the 53rd most popular biography from Jamaica and the most popular Jamaican Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, John Belchier ranks 873 out of 841. Before him are Charles B. Cory, John Hopfield, David Douglas, Charles Walter De Vis, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Georg Ossian Sars. After him are William Yarrell, Walter Buller, Warwick Estevam Kerr, Robert Collett, Bryan Sykes, and Charles Tate Regan.
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Charles B. Cory
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HPI: 42.59
Rank: 867
John Hopfield
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 868
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1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
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Charles Walter De Vis
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
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Dukinfield Henry Scott
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
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Georg Ossian Sars
1837 - 1927
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 872
John Belchier
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 873
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1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 874
Walter Buller
1838 - 1906
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 875
Warwick Estevam Kerr
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HPI: 42.23
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Robert Collett
1842 - 1913
HPI: 42.14
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Bryan Sykes
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 878
Charles Tate Regan
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 879
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1706, John Belchier ranks 12. Before him are Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, John Dollond, John Baskerville, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1785, John Belchier ranks 23. Before him are Gottfried August Homilius, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, Johann Gerhard König, Ventura Rodríguez, Stephen Hopkins, and James Oglethorpe. After him is George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.
Others Born in 1706
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Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis
1706 - 1756
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 6
John Dollond
1706 - 1761
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 7
John Baskerville
1706 - 1775
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 8
Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden
1706 - 1771
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 9
Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough
1706 - 1758
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 10
Princess Charlotte Amalie of Denmark
1706 - 1782
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 11
John Belchier
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1785
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Gottfried August Homilius
1714 - 1785
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 17
Ali-Morad Khan Zand
1779 - 1785
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 18
Johann Gerhard König
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 19
Ventura Rodríguez
1717 - 1785
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 20
Stephen Hopkins
1707 - 1785
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 21
James Oglethorpe
1696 - 1785
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 22
John Belchier
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 23
George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
1716 - 1785
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 24
In Jamaica
Among people born in Jamaica, John Belchier ranks 53 out of 168. Before him are Damian Marley (1978), Linton Kwesi Johnson (1952), Augustus Pablo (1954), Donovan Bailey (1967), Michael Manley (1924), and Errol Brown (1948). After him are Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Yohan Blake (1989), Millie Small (1947), Coxsone Dodd (1932), Arthur Wint (1920), and Nesta Carter (1985).
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Damian Marley
1978 - Present
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 47
Linton Kwesi Johnson
1952 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 48
Augustus Pablo
1954 - 1999
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 49
Donovan Bailey
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 50
Michael Manley
1924 - 1997
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 51
Errol Brown
1948 - 2015
HPI: 42.57
Rank: 52
John Belchier
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 53
Kenneth O. Hall
1941 - Present
HPI: 41.17
Rank: 54
Yohan Blake
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 55
Millie Small
1947 - 2020
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 56
Coxsone Dodd
1932 - 2004
HPI: 40.77
Rank: 57
Arthur Wint
1920 - 1992
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 58
Nesta Carter
1985 - Present
HPI: 40.37
Rank: 59
Among BIOLOGISTS In Jamaica
Among biologists born in Jamaica, John Belchier ranks 1.
