BIOLOGIST

Leonhard Stejneger

1851 - 1943

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Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist. Stejneger specialized in vertebrate natural history studies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leonhard Stejneger has received more than 30,374 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Leonhard Stejneger is the 971st most popular biologist (down from 892nd in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from Norway (down from 457th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 30k

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  • 43.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Leonhard Stejneger has had the most page views in the with 4,355 views, followed by Russian (1,201), and German (805). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malay (51.18%), Finnish (46.60%), and Catalan (33.33%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 971 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander Wendt, James Chapin, John Lawrence LeConte, Archibald Menzies, William Diller Matthew, and Robert H. MacArthur. After him are Sarah Gilbert, Irene Pepperberg, Gilbert White, Herbert Boyer, Frank Chapman, and Wim Crusio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 101. Before him are Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Ivan Tavčar, Arthur Schuster, Abraham Berge, and Theo de Meester. After him are Berthold Englisch, Thomas Dewing, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey, George Newnes, Francis Maitland Balfour, and Mary Augusta Ward. Among people deceased in 1943, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 218. Before him are Ladislav Vácha, Frits Kuipers, Reginald McKenna, Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf, Vladimirs Petrovs, and Valeriya Gnarovskaya. After him are Artur Knautz, Helena Nordheim, Anna Dresden-Polak, Herbert Roper Barrett, Frank Greer, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 474 out of 1,039. Before him are Henning Berg (1969), Ane Dahl Torp (1975), Eirik Kvalfoss (1959), Robert Sjursen (1891), Frode Grodås (1964), and Halvdan Koht (1873). After him are Kjell Ola Dahl (1958), Lene Marlin (1980), Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004), Sigvard Sivertsen (1881), Otto Blehr (1847), and Kaci Kullmann Five (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Leonhard Stejneger ranks 9. Before him are Henrik Steffens (1773), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Michael Sars (1805). After him are Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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