BIOLOGIST

John Gould

1804 - 1881

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John Gould (; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Gould has received more than 412,819 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. John Gould is the 364th most popular biologist (down from 292nd in 2019), the 1,931st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,758th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Gould ranks 364 out of 1,097. Before him are Antoine de Jussieu, Achille Richard, William Jackson Hooker, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, and Arthur Tansley. After him are Karl Koch, Robert Gallo, John Hughlings Jackson, Georg Joseph Kamel, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, and Eugen Fischer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, John Gould ranks 41. Before him are Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Daniele Manin, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Louise Farrenc, and Aleksey Khomyakov. After him are Constantin Hansen, Jim Bridger, Victor Schœlcher, Pierre François Verhulst, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, and Mariana Pineda. Among people deceased in 1881, John Gould ranks 44. Before him are Duke Alexander of Württemberg, George W. De Long, Ami Boué, Aga Khan I, Émile Littré, and Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. After him are Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Jules Armand Dufaure, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Jane Digby, and Jim Bridger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 1,931 out of 8,785. Before him are John A. Macdonald (1815), Eddie Irvine (1965), Tobias Smollett (1721), Peter Yates (1929), Louisa Adams (1775), and Richard Long (1945). After him are June Whitfield (1925), Adele (1988), Andy Whitfield (1971), Arthur Rostron (1869), David Knopfler (1952), and Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 52. Before him are George Bentham (1800), Patrick Geddes (1854), John Sulston (1942), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), William Jackson Hooker (1785), and Arthur Tansley (1871). After him are John Hughlings Jackson (1835), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Roderick Murchison (1792), Robert Fortune (1812), and James Edward Smith (1759).

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