BIOLOGIST

John Ellis

1710 - 1776

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John Ellis (c. 1710 – 15 October 1776) aka Jean Ellis was a British linen merchant and naturalist. Ellis was the first to have a published written description of the Venus flytrap and its botanical name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ellis has received more than 55,874 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ellis is the 568th most popular biologist (down from 355th in 2019), the 162nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 103rd in 2019) and the most popular Irish Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 56k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.62

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Ellis ranks 568 out of 1,097. Before him are Barry Commoner, Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, Sabiha Kasimati, Eduard August von Regel, Hwang Woo-suk, and Blasius Merrem. After him are Jean de Thévenot, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Sewall Wright, and Alessandra Giliani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, John Ellis ranks 25. Before him are Johann II Bernoulli, Carl Alexander Clerck, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Johann Georg Pinsel, and Charles Simon Favart. After him are Paul Möhring, and James Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1776, John Ellis ranks 11. Before him are Louis François, Prince of Conti, Sabah I bin Jaber, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, and Johann Adolf Scheibe. After him are Giuseppe Asclepi, Johann Jakob Breitinger, Nathan Hale, and James Ferguson.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Ellis ranks 162 out of 549. Before him are Edward Sabine (1788), Herbert Brenon (1880), William Orpen (1878), John de Robeck (1862), George Browne (1698), and Mary Harris Jones (1837). After him are Dorothea Jordan (1761), Veronica Guerin (1958), George Allman (1812), Ronan Keating (1977), Geraldine Fitzgerald (1913), and Violet Gibson (1876).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Ireland

Among biologists born in Ireland, John Ellis ranks 1. After him are George Allman (1812), Edward Donovan (1768), and William Henry Harvey (1811).

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