1796 - 1873
John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on the flora of North America. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Torrey has received more than 53,685 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Torrey is the 860th most popular biologist (down from 753rd in 2019), the 8,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,511th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, John Torrey ranks 860 out of 841. Before him are William Beebe, Gilbert White, George Engelmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Joshua Brookes, and Alister Hardy. After him are George Montagu, C. B. van Niel, Charles Sibley, Frank Chapman, Carl Fredrik Fallén, and Carl Eduard Hellmayr.
1877 - 1962
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 854
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 855
1809 - 1884
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 856
1858 - 1954
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 857
1761 - 1833
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 858
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 859
1796 - 1873
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 860
1751 - 1815
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 861
1897 - 1985
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 862
1917 - 1998
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 863
1864 - 1945
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 864
1764 - 1830
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 865
1878 - 1944
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 866
Among people born in 1796, John Torrey ranks 60. Before him are John M. Clayton, Pyotr Anjou, Joseph Meyer, Nikolai Turczaninow, George Back, and Robert Wight. After him are John Bell and Henry De la Beche. Among people deceased in 1873, John Torrey ranks 73. Before him are Johan Sebastian Welhaven, Charles Allston Collins, Tekle Giyorgis II, George-Étienne Cartier, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, and Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz. After him are William J. Hardee, Sarah Moore Grimké, and John W. Geary.
1796 - 1856
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 54
1796 - 1869
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 55
1796 - 1856
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 56
1796 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 57
1796 - 1878
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 58
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 59
1796 - 1873
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 60
1796 - 1869
HPI: 42.13
Rank: 61
1796 - 1855
HPI: 41.60
Rank: 62
1807 - 1873
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 67
1828 - 1873
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 68
1836 - 1873
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 69
1814 - 1873
HPI: 43.92
Rank: 70
1806 - 1873
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 71
1805 - 1873
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 72
1796 - 1873
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 73
1815 - 1873
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 74
1792 - 1873
HPI: 41.46
Rank: 75
1819 - 1873
HPI: 36.46
Rank: 76
Among people born in United States, John Torrey ranks 8,972 out of 18,182. Before him are Alfred Francis Russell (1817), Robert Pastorelli (1954), Debi Diamond (1965), John F. Kelly (1950), Mary Kay Place (1947), and Carly Fiorina (1954). After him are Dan Lauria (1947), Jerome Biffle (1928), Joseph Lamb (1887), Orlando Jones (1968), John Adair (1757), and Marston Morse (1892).
1817 - 1884
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 8,966
1954 - 2004
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 8,967
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 8,968
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 8,969
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 8,970
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 8,971
1796 - 1873
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 8,972
1947 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,973
1928 - 2002
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,974
1887 - 1960
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,975
1968 - Present
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,976
1757 - 1840
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,977
1892 - 1977
HPI: 42.89
Rank: 8,978
Among biologists born in United States, John Torrey ranks 125. Before him are Herbert Boyer (1936), Robert Ridgway (1850), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Janet Rowley (1925), William Beebe (1877), and Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858). After him are Charles Sibley (1917), Frank Chapman (1864), Charles B. Cory (1857), John Hopfield (1933), George R. Price (1922), and John Kunkel Small (1869).
1936 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 119
1850 - 1929
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 120
1833 - 1917
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 121
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 122
1877 - 1962
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 123
1858 - 1954
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 124
1796 - 1873
HPI: 42.90
Rank: 125
1917 - 1998
HPI: 42.85
Rank: 126
1864 - 1945
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 127
1857 - 1921
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 128
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 129
1922 - 1975
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 130
1869 - 1938
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 131