BIOLOGIST

Philip Henry Gosse

1810 - 1888

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Philip Henry Gosse (; 6 April 1810 – 23 August 1888), known to his friends as Henry, was an English naturalist and populariser of natural science, an early improver of the seawater aquarium, and a painstaking innovator in the study of marine biology. Gosse created and stocked the world's first public marine aquarium at London Zoo in 1853, and coined the term "aquarium" when he published the first manual, The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea, in 1854. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Henry Gosse has received more than 163,458 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Henry Gosse is the 605th most popular biologist (down from 535th in 2019), the 2,971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,808th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Philip Henry Gosse ranks 605 out of 1,097. Before him are Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, René Dubos, Jack Horner, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Ludwig Diels, and Richard Lydekker. After him are Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Fritz Schaudinn, Martin Rathke, James Francis Stephens, Richard Goldschmidt, and George Clifford III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Philip Henry Gosse ranks 68. Before him are Ferdinand Freiligrath, Grigory Gagarin, Ernest Courtot de Cissey, Jaime Balmes, Miklós Barabás, and Jules Malou. After him are Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Fritz Reuter, Félicien David, William Froude, and Alexander Bain. Among people deceased in 1888, Philip Henry Gosse ranks 68. Before him are Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Charles Duclerc, Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, Carl Christian Hall, François Perrier, and Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar. After him are Alessandro Antonelli, Francesco Faà di Bruno, Amos Bronson Alcott, Yuriy Fedkovych, Arsène Darmesteter, and Kanō Hōgai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Henry Gosse ranks 2,971 out of 8,785. Before him are Nik Kershaw (1958), Charles Dawson (1864), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), John Soane (1753), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), and Amy Robsart (1532). After him are Karen Spärck Jones (1935), Robert Knox (1791), Anthony Phillips (1951), William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Michael Oakeshott (1901), and Susanna Hall (1583).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Philip Henry Gosse ranks 79. Before him are John Gilbert Baker (1834), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), William Elford Leach (1791), and Richard Lydekker (1849). After him are James Francis Stephens (1792), Ray Lankester (1847), Anna Russell (1807), William Withering (1741), David Don (1799), and Everard Home (1756).

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