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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. 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 390,917 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). John Gould is the 293rd most popular biologist (down from 219th in 2019), the 1,763rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,388th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Biologist.

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  • 54.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Gould ranks 293 out of 841. Before him are Nikolai Severtzov, John Hughlings Jackson, Othenio Abel, René Louiche Desfontaines, Josif Pančić, and Carol W. Greider. After him are Joel Asaph Allen, Jack W. Szostak, Phillip Allen Sharp, Ludwik Fleck, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, and Christian Ludwig Brehm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, John Gould ranks 35. Before him are Jim Bridger, Moritz von Schwind, Hermann Schlegel, Charles II, Duke of Brunswick, Handrij Zejler, and Stephan Endlicher. After him are Constantin Hansen, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Aleksander Chodźko, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Daniele Manin, and Aleksey Khomyakov. Among people deceased in 1881, John Gould ranks 41. Before him are Jim Bridger, George W. De Long, Jacques Collin de Plancy, Joseph Škoda, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, and Daniele Comboni. After him are Émile Littré, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Aga Khan I, Countess Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau, Nikolai Kibalchich, and Jules Armand Dufaure.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 1,763 out of 7,765. Before him are The Edge (1961), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), Anthony Dawson (1916), Nick Simper (1945), Pasquale Anfossi (1727), and William Boyce (1711). After him are Evelyn Beatrice Hall (1868), Edith Tolkien (1889), George Whitefield (1714), Peter Capaldi (1958), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and Naomie Harris (1976).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 43. Before him are James Edward Smith (1759), June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Marie Stopes (1880), and John Hughlings Jackson (1835). After him are Jack W. Szostak (1952), Richard Henderson (1945), George Robert Gray (1808), Patrick Geddes (1854), Robert Fortune (1812), and Roderick Murchison (1792).

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