BIOLOGIST

Neil Shubin

1960 - Today

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Neil Shubin (born December 22, 1960) is an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and popular science writer. He is the Robert R. Bensley Professor of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, Associate Dean of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and Professor on the Committee of Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago along with being the Provost of the Field Museum of Natural History. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Neil Shubin has received more than 182,551 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Neil Shubin is the 1,062nd most popular biologist, the 13,613th most popular biography from United States and the 178th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 180k

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  • 46.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Neil Shubin ranks 1,062 out of 1,097. Before him are Storrs L. Olson, Suzanne Cory, Ronald M. Evans, Frederic Moore, Eugenie Clark, and Edward Bagnall Poulton. After him are Susan Lindquist, Frederick DuCane Godman, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Huda Zoghbi, Suzanne Simard, and Joan A. Steitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Neil Shubin ranks 629. Before him are Mohanlal, Julianne Phillips, Sibel Siber, Gregory Colbert, Claude Joseph, and Itsunori Onodera. After him are John Paxson, Vivian Kubrick, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Joëlle Ursull, Bajram Kosumi, and Allen Chastanet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Neil Shubin ranks 13,613 out of 20,380. Before him are William Blount (1749), Colin Jost (1982), James Gleick (1954), Caity Lotz (1986), Lillian Watson (1950), and John Carl Buechler (1952). After him are John Paxson (1960), Lindsey Morgan (1990), Kemba Walker (1990), John Boles (1895), Bob Uecker (1934), and Vivian Kubrick (1960).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Neil Shubin ranks 178. Before him are Joanne Chory (1955), Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Ronald M. Evans (1949), and Eugenie Clark (1922). After him are Susan Lindquist (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Albert William Herre (1868), Stephen Schneider (1945), Jerry Coyne (1949), and Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913).

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