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John Sims

1749 - 1831

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John Sims (13 October 1749 – 26 February 1831) was an English physician and botanist. He was born in Canterbury, Kent and was subsequently educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, he then went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University. Later in life he moved to London (1766) where he worked as a physician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sims has received more than 15,179 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Sims is the 651st most popular biologist, the 3,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 86th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 15k

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  • 49.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Sims ranks 651 out of 1,097. Before him are Petter Adolf Karsten, Élie-Abel Carrière, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Josef August Schultes, Władysław Taczanowski, and Pier Andrea Saccardo. After him are Tommaso Salvadori, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Michael Sela, Jean René Constant Quoy, John du Pont, and Jacob Bjerknes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, John Sims ranks 24. Before him are Martin Vahl, Georg Joseph Vogler, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Charles James Fox, Christian August Lorentzen, and Princess Louisa of Great Britain. After him are Charles Wilkins, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Edward Rutledge, Charlotte Smith, Levi Lincoln Sr., and William Blount. Among people deceased in 1831, John Sims ranks 48. Before him are Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Anton Delvig, Dmitry Senyavin, Józef Kozłowski, and Josef August Schultes. After him are Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Willem Bilderdijk, José Tomás Ovalle, Christian Gottfried Körner, Christian Ehrenfried Weigel, and William Roscoe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Sims ranks 3,152 out of 8,785. Before him are Radclyffe Hall (1880), Laura Muntz Lyall (1860), Philip Reeve (1966), Cilla Black (1943), Mark Hughes (1963), and Lawrence Oates (1880). After him are Francis Godwin (1562), John Cairncross (1913), E. T. Whittaker (1873), Henry Dudeney (1857), Roy Harper (1941), and Una Stubbs (1937).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Sims ranks 86. Before him are James Francis Stephens (1792), Ray Lankester (1847), Anna Russell (1807), William Withering (1741), David Don (1799), and Everard Home (1756). After him are William Roxburgh (1751), Reginald Punnett (1875), N. E. Brown (1849), Keith Campbell (1954), John Hutchinson (1884), and John Abbot (1751).

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