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Matt Ridley

1958 - Today

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Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley, (born 7 February 1958), is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics, and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Matt Ridley has received more than 881,229 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Matt Ridley is the 960th most popular biologist (down from 838th in 2019), the 6,170th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,592nd in 2019) and the 170th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 880k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 32.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.32

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Matt Ridley ranks 960 out of 841. Before him are Huda Zoghbi, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, David Bellamy, Jill Bolte Taylor, Magnus Manske, and Angelika Amon. After him are PZ Myers, Maria Van Kerkhove, Sunetra Gupta, Feng Zhang, and Rana Dajani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Matt Ridley ranks 622. Before him are Brett Butler, Roberto Tozzi, Vasil Yakusha, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Philippa York, and Gordon Cowans. After him are Maria Cantwell, Mahesh Manjrekar, Kiki VanDeWeghe, Ursula Burns, Peter Wisoff, and Ramachandra Guha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matt Ridley ranks 6,170 out of 7,765. Before him are John Robertson (1953), Charlotte Coleman (1968), Andy Gill (1956), David Nicholls (1966), Steven Price (1977), and Jimmy Adamson (1929). After him are Derek Dougan (1938), Donna Lewis (1973), Lee Ingleby (1976), John Disley (1928), Jonathan Bailey (1988), and Tessa Jowell (1947).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Matt Ridley ranks 170. Before him are Karl Shuker (1959), George Don (1798), Philippa Marrack (1945), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), and David Bellamy (1933).

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