1743 - 1820
Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (24 February [O.S. 13 February] 1743 – 19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences.Banks made his name on the 1766 natural-history expedition to Newfoundland and Labrador. He took part in Captain James Cook's first great voyage (1768–1771), visiting Brazil, Tahiti, and after 6 months in New Zealand, Australia, returning to immediate fame. He held the position of president of the Royal Society for over 41 years. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Banks has received more than 906,485 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Banks is the 181st most popular biologist (down from 168th in 2019), the 1,143rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,104th in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Joseph Banks ranks 181 out of 841. Before him are Edward Tatum, Leland H. Hartwell, Antoine Béchamp, J. B. S. Haldane, Rudolf Vrba, and George Wald. After him are Ana Aslan, George Smith, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Charles Bell, and Friedrich Parrot.
1909 - 1975
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 175
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 176
1816 - 1908
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 177
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 178
1924 - 2006
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 179
1906 - 1997
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 180
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 181
1897 - 1988
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 182
1941 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 183
1748 - 1804
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 184
1741 - 1783
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 185
1774 - 1842
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 186
1791 - 1841
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1743, Joseph Banks ranks 18. Before him are Carl Peter Thunberg, Edmund Cartwright, Nicolai Abildgaard, René Just Haüy, William I, Elector of Hesse, and Gavrila Derzhavin. After him are Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, William Paley, Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, and Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann. Among people deceased in 1820, Joseph Banks ranks 14. Before him are François Joseph Lefebvre, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Henri Christophe, Gia Long, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, and Manuel Belgrano. After him are Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Alexander Mackenzie, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, and Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia.
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 12
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 13
1743 - 1809
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 14
1743 - 1822
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 15
1743 - 1821
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 16
1743 - 1816
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 17
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 18
1743 - 1803
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 19
1743 - 1810
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 20
1743 - 1805
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 21
1743 - 1780
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 22
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 23
1743 - 1815
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 24
1755 - 1820
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 8
1778 - 1820
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 9
1767 - 1820
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 10
1762 - 1820
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 11
1751 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 12
1770 - 1820
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 13
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 14
1747 - 1820
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 15
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 16
1767 - 1820
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 17
1751 - 1820
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 18
1741 - 1820
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 19
1767 - 1820
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 20
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Banks ranks 1,143 out of 7,765. Before him are Ealhswith (852), John Schlesinger (1926), Angus Deaton (1945), James Murray (1837), Simon Pegg (1970), and Jeremiah Horrocks (1618). After him are John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), Adelard of Bath (1075), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), Victor Turner (1920), Annie Chapman (1841), and Evelyn Waugh (1903).
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 1,137
1926 - 2003
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,138
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.11
Rank: 1,139
1837 - 1915
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,140
1970 - Present
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,141
1618 - 1641
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 1,142
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,143
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 1,144
1075 - 1160
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 1,145
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 1,146
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,147
1841 - 1888
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,148
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,149
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Joseph Banks ranks 28. Before him are Martin Evans (1941), Desmond Morris (1928), Charles Scott Sherrington (1952), Anna Atkins (1799), Michael Houghton (1949), and J. B. S. Haldane (1892). After him are Charles Bell (1774), Henry Walter Bates (1825), John Boyd Orr (1880), Thomas Browne (1605), John Lindley (1799), and Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817).
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 22
1928 - Present
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 23
1952 - 1952
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 24
1799 - 1871
HPI: 59.13
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 26
1892 - 1964
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 27
1743 - 1820
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 28
1774 - 1842
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 29
1825 - 1892
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 30
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 31
1605 - 1682
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 32
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 33
1817 - 1911
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 34