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John Richardson

1787 - 1865

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Sir John Richardson FRS FRSE (5 November 1787 – 5 June 1865) was a Scottish naval surgeon, naturalist and Arctic explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Richardson has received more than 47,003 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 21 in 2019). John Richardson is the 685th most popular biologist (down from 622nd in 2019), the 3,454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,036th in 2019) and the 88th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Richardson ranks 685 out of 841. Before him are Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Alexander Agassiz, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Jacques Miller, and Jan Frederik Gronovius. After him are Antoine Risso, Carl Chun, William Hemsley, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, William Sherard, and David Don.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, John Richardson ranks 43. Before him are William Etty, Edward Blore, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, Johann Natterer, Samuel Cunard, and François Sudre. After him are Pedro Vélez, Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, José Tomás Ovalle, Thomas Hodgskin, Emma Willard, and John J. Crittenden. Among people deceased in 1865, John Richardson ranks 63. Before him are Philippe Buchez, Samuel Cunard, Stephen Allen Benson, Isabella Beeton, Marie-Anne Libert, and Miklós Jósika. After him are Léon Jean Marie Dufour, William Henry Smyth, Edward Everett, Andrei Stackenschneider, José María Pérez de Urdininea, and A. P. Hill.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Richardson ranks 3,454 out of 7,765. Before him are John Pond (1767), Jesse Lingard (1992), Anthony D. Smith (1939), Flora Sandes (1876), Albert Hill (1889), and Hayley Mills (1946). After him are W. S. Gilbert (1836), George W. Campbell (1769), Nigel Kennedy (1956), Harry Brearley (1871), Anthony Andrews (1948), and Anna Massey (1937).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Richardson ranks 88. Before him are William John Burchell (1781), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Newton (1832), and Edward Blyth (1810). After him are William Hemsley (1843), William Sherard (1659), David Don (1799), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), and William Elford Leach (1791).

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