BIOLOGIST
John Hutton Balfour
1808 - 1884
John Hutton Balfour
John Hutton Balfour (15 September 1808 – 11 February 1884) was a Scottish botanist. Balfour became a Professor of Botany, first at the University of Glasgow in 1841, moving to the University of Edinburgh and also becoming the 7th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and Her Majesty's Botanist in 1845. He held these posts until his retirement in 1879. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hutton Balfour has received more than 227,330 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 16 in 2019). John Hutton Balfour is the 942nd most popular biologist (down from 834th in 2019), the 5,581st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,123rd in 2019) and the 167th most popular British Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, John Hutton Balfour ranks 942 out of 841. Before him are Philippa Marrack, Alice Wilson, Alice Eastwood, Ben Barres, Amos Eaton, and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey. After him are Peter Ascanius, William Healey Dall, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Henry Weed Fowler, Jerry Coyne, and Suzanne Cory.
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John Hutton Balfour
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Suzanne Cory
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HPI: 36.29
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1808, John Hutton Balfour ranks 62. Before him are José Rufino Echenique, Hamilton Fish, Teréz Karacs, Wendela Hebbe, Juan Crisóstomo Torrico, and Hugh Falconer. After him is Hugh McCulloch. Among people deceased in 1884, John Hutton Balfour ranks 63. Before him are Menyhért Lónyay, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, George Engelmann, Alfred Francis Russell, Arnold Henry Guyot, and José Eusebio Otalora. After him is Charles J. Folger.
Others Born in 1808
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José Rufino Echenique
1808 - 1887
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 56
Hamilton Fish
1808 - 1893
HPI: 44.42
Rank: 57
Teréz Karacs
1808 - 1892
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 58
Wendela Hebbe
1808 - 1899
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 59
Juan Crisóstomo Torrico
1808 - 1875
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 60
Hugh Falconer
1808 - 1865
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 61
John Hutton Balfour
1808 - 1884
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 62
Hugh McCulloch
1808 - 1895
HPI: 36.99
Rank: 63
Others Deceased in 1884
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Menyhért Lónyay
1822 - 1884
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 57
Carlo Alberto Castigliano
1847 - 1884
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 58
George Engelmann
1809 - 1884
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 59
Alfred Francis Russell
1817 - 1884
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 60
Arnold Henry Guyot
1807 - 1884
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 61
José Eusebio Otalora
1826 - 1884
HPI: 39.80
Rank: 62
John Hutton Balfour
1808 - 1884
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 63
Charles J. Folger
1818 - 1884
HPI: 37.37
Rank: 64
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hutton Balfour ranks 5,581 out of 7,765. Before him are Laurie Hughes (1924), Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800), Lee Dixon (1964), Peter Serafinowicz (1972), Doug Livingstone (1898), and Ben Foster (1983). After him are John Dankworth (1927), Graeme Obree (1965), Steven Waddington (1968), Patricia Bredin (1935), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), and Dorothy Shirley (1939).
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Laurie Hughes
1924 - 2011
HPI: 37.54
Rank: 5,575
Edward Bouverie Pusey
1800 - 1882
HPI: 37.52
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Lee Dixon
1964 - Present
HPI: 37.51
Rank: 5,577
Peter Serafinowicz
1972 - Present
HPI: 37.50
Rank: 5,578
Doug Livingstone
1898 - 1981
HPI: 37.49
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Ben Foster
1983 - Present
HPI: 37.49
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John Hutton Balfour
1808 - 1884
HPI: 37.49
Rank: 5,581
John Dankworth
1927 - 2010
HPI: 37.49
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Graeme Obree
1965 - Present
HPI: 37.48
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Steven Waddington
1968 - Present
HPI: 37.47
Rank: 5,584
Patricia Bredin
1935 - 2023
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 5,585
Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe
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Rank: 5,586
Dorothy Shirley
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HPI: 37.45
Rank: 5,587
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Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Hutton Balfour ranks 167. Before him are Frederic Moore (1830), Anthony R. Hunter (1943), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Karl Shuker (1959), George Don (1798), and Philippa Marrack (1945). After him are Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), David Bellamy (1933), and Matt Ridley (1958).
Frederic Moore
1830 - 1907
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 161
Anthony R. Hunter
1943 - Present
HPI: 39.95
Rank: 162
Francis Maitland Balfour
1851 - 1882
HPI: 39.54
Rank: 163
Karl Shuker
1959 - Present
HPI: 38.55
Rank: 164
George Don
1798 - 1856
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 165
Philippa Marrack
1945 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 166
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1808 - 1884
HPI: 37.49
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1834 - 1919
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 168
David Bellamy
1933 - 2019
HPI: 34.34
Rank: 169
Matt Ridley
1958 - Present
HPI: 32.62
Rank: 170
