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Paul R. Ehrlich

1932 - Today

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Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932) is an American biologist known for his predictions and warnings about the consequences of population growth, including famine and resource depletion. Ehrlich is the Bing Professor Emeritus of Population Studies of the Department of Biology of Stanford University. Ehrlich became well known for the controversial 1968 book The Population Bomb, which he co-authored with his wife Anne H. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paul R. Ehrlich has received more than 1,142,753 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul R. Ehrlich is the 780th most popular biologist (down from 549th in 2019), the 7,264th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,265th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Paul R. Ehrlich ranks 780 out of 1,097. Before him are Hipólito Ruiz López, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Charlotte Auerbach, Joseph Banks Rhine, Louisa Bolus, and Peter Duesberg. After him are Henry Baker, Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Aharon Katzir, Frédéric de Lafresnaye, Sabin Berthelot, and Ernst Ahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Paul R. Ehrlich ranks 356. Before him are Pik Botha, Shankha Ghosh, Lewis Binford, Nino Defilippis, Maya Kristalinskaya, and Gerald Carr. After him are Pauline Oliveros, Khalil Taha, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Kurt Oppelt, Peter Blake, and Eusébio Scheid.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Paul R. Ehrlich ranks 7,264 out of 20,380. Before him are Joyce Van Patten (1934), Alan Dean Foster (1946), Jimmy Kimmel (1967), Vic Damone (1928), Oscar Pettiford (1922), and Clyfford Still (1904). After him are Jack Finney (1911), Kathryn Grayson (1922), Molly Ringwald (1968), Vikki Carr (1941), Maynard James Keenan (1964), and June Gable (1945).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Paul R. Ehrlich ranks 106. Before him are James L. Peters (1889), Neil Campbell (1946), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), and Joseph Banks Rhine (1895). After him are Alfred Romer (1894), Robert Trivers (1943), Herbert Copeland (1902), Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), and Alice Catherine Evans (1881).

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