BIOLOGIST

John du Pont

1938 - 2010

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John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports enthusiast. In 1972, du Pont founded and directed the Delaware Museum of Natural History and contributed to Villanova University and other institutions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John du Pont has received more than 4,453,910 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John du Pont is the 656th most popular biologist, the 5,932nd most popular biography from United States and the 90th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 15

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  • 2.04

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  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John du Pont ranks 656 out of 1,097. Before him are Pier Andrea Saccardo, John Sims, Tommaso Salvadori, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Michael Sela, and Jean René Constant Quoy. After him are Jacob Bjerknes, George Albert Boulenger, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Mary-Claire King, Walter Sutton, and David Starr Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John du Pont ranks 357. Before him are Durdy Bayramov, Elke Erb, Betty Cuthbert, Prince Buster, Ahmet Ayık, and François Heutte. After him are Shivkumar Sharma, Paul Morrissey, Tura Satana, Helen, Edda Moser, and Aquilino Bocos Merino. Among people deceased in 2010, John du Pont ranks 240. Before him are Chushiro Hayashi, Harry Vos, Galimzyan Khusainov, Jonathan Motzfeldt, Bob Guccione, and José Ramos Delgado. After him are Ingrid Pitt, Yvonne Loriod, Beverly Aadland, Azzeddine Laraki, Jacques Martin, and Tomás Eloy Martínez.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John du Pont ranks 5,932 out of 20,380. Before him are Carter Burwell (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Ned Block (1942), Colleen Camp (1953), George O. Abell (1927), and Lou Rawls (1933). After him are Shawn Michaels (1965), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), Edward Douglass White (1845), Jonelle Allen (1944), David Keith (1954), and Mark Cuban (1958).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John du Pont ranks 90. Before him are Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Jack Horner (1946), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), George C. Williams (1926), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), and Charles David Keeling (1928). After him are Mary-Claire King (1946), Walter Sutton (1877), David Starr Jordan (1851), Samuel Garman (1843), Jane Colden (1724), and Richard Lewontin (1929).

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