BIOLOGIST

John Lawrence LeConte

1825 - 1883

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John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lawrence LeConte has received more than 34,309 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lawrence LeConte is the 968th most popular biologist (down from 794th in 2019), the 9,995th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,745th in 2019) and the 142nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 968 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Meinertzhagen, Aimée Antoinette Camus, João Barbosa Rodrigues, Alexander Wetmore, Alexander Wendt, and James Chapin. After him are Archibald Menzies, William Diller Matthew, Robert H. MacArthur, Leonhard Stejneger, Sarah Gilbert, and Irene Pepperberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 85. Before him are William McGonagall, James Collinson, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Francisco Linares Alcántara, James Skivring Smith, and Albrecht Weber. After him are Antoinette Brown Blackwell, R. D. Blackmore, Benjamin Mountfort, Frances Harper, Francis James Child, and Henry Heth. Among people deceased in 1883, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 68. Before him are Samo Chalupka, Victor Puiseux, Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, and Matthew Webb. After him are Peter Cooper, Henry John Stephen Smith, William Spottiswoode, and Lot M. Morrill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 9,995 out of 20,380. Before him are Lauren Shuler Donner (1949), Nick de Firmian (1957), Clarence Clark (1859), Danny Ongais (1942), Maurice Stokes (1933), and Horace Elgin Dodge (1868). After him are Bob Hayes (1942), Nicholle Tom (1978), Gwynne Shotwell (1963), Tony Kushner (1956), Robert Elswit (1950), and John T. Scopes (1900).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 142. Before him are Lucy Shapiro (1940), William Beebe (1877), Charles Sibley (1917), Janet Rowley (1925), Alexander Wetmore (1886), and James Chapin (1889). After him are Irene Pepperberg (1949), Herbert Boyer (1936), Frank Chapman (1864), Christof Koch (1956), Beatrice Mintz (1921), and Paul Sereno (1957).

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