1683 - 1749
Mark Catesby (24 March 1683 – 23 December 1749) was an English naturalist who studied the flora and fauna of the New World. Between 1729 and 1747, Catesby published his Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, the first published account of the flora and fauna of North America. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Catesby has received more than 89,202 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mark Catesby is the 853rd most popular biologist (down from 788th in 2019), the 4,445th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,334th in 2019) and the 137th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Mark Catesby ranks 853 out of 841. Before him are Joseph Barcroft, Jules Pierre Rambur, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Robert Ridgway, Charles Horton Peck, and Janet Rowley. After him are William Beebe, Gilbert White, George Engelmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Joshua Brookes, and Alister Hardy.
1872 - 1947
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 847
1801 - 1870
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 848
1873 - 1943
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 849
1850 - 1929
HPI: 43.07
Rank: 850
1833 - 1917
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 851
1925 - 2013
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 852
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 853
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
Among people born in 1683, Mark Catesby ranks 22. Before him are Antoine Pesne, Giovanni Poleni, Lorenz Heister, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Jonathan Wild. Among people deceased in 1749, Mark Catesby ranks 15. Before him are Matthias Bel, Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel, Jan Frans van Bloemen, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, André Cardinal Destouches, and Shahu I.
1683 - 1757
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 16
1683 - 1761
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 17
1683 - 1758
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 18
1683 - 1744
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 19
1683 - 1745
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 20
1683 - 1725
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 21
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 22
1684 - 1749
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 9
1690 - 1749
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 10
1662 - 1749
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 11
1676 - 1749
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 12
1672 - 1749
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 13
1682 - 1749
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 14
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Catesby ranks 4,445 out of 7,765. Before him are Sam Houser (1972), Carol Cleveland (1942), Tommy Docherty (1928), Margaret Archer (1943), Ran Laurie (1915), and Tony Rolt (1918). After him are Steve McClaren (1961), Tommy Lawton (1919), Gilbert White (1720), Martin Whitmarsh (1958), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), and David Storey (1933).
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.01
Rank: 4,439
1942 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,440
1928 - 2020
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,441
1943 - 2023
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,442
1915 - 1998
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,443
1918 - 2008
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,444
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,445
1961 - Present
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 4,446
1919 - 1996
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 4,447
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 4,448
1958 - Present
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 4,449
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 4,450
1933 - 2017
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 4,451
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Mark Catesby ranks 137. Before him are William T. Stearn (1911), Keith Campbell (1954), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Louis Fraser (1810), Prideaux John Selby (1788), and Joseph Barcroft (1872). After him are Gilbert White (1720), Alister Hardy (1896), George Montagu (1751), David Douglas (1799), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), and Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854).
1911 - 2001
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 131
1954 - 2012
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 132
1844 - 1925
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 133
1810 - 1866
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 134
1788 - 1867
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 135
1872 - 1947
HPI: 43.20
Rank: 136
1683 - 1749
HPI: 43.00
Rank: 137
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 138
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 139
1751 - 1815
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 140
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 141
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 142
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 143