1847 - 1929
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Lankester has received more than 113,502 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ray Lankester is the 715th most popular biologist (down from 696th in 2019), the 3,600th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,453rd in 2019) and the 97th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Ray Lankester ranks 715 out of 841. Before him are Casimir de Candolle, Johannes Schmidt, Karl Patterson Schmidt, David Keilin, Anton Reichenow, and Wilhelm Hofmeister. After him are Francisco Manuel Blanco, William Townsend Aiton, François Marie Daudin, Ernst Ahl, Mary F. Lyon, and Thomas Bell.
1836 - 1918
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 709
1877 - 1933
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 710
1890 - 1957
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 711
1887 - 1963
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 712
1847 - 1941
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 713
1824 - 1877
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 714
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 715
1778 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 716
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 717
1776 - 1803
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 718
1898 - 1945
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 719
1925 - 2014
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 720
1792 - 1880
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 721
Among people born in 1847, Ray Lankester ranks 79. Before him are Eliška Krásnohorská, Emil Holub, Eduardo López de Romaña, Sveinbjörn Sveinbjörnsson, Marcel Alexandre Bertrand, and Anton Reichenow. After him are Cesare Arzelà, Vilma Hugonnai, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, Lipót Schulhof, Mary Watson Whitney, and Morton Betts. Among people deceased in 1929, Ray Lankester ranks 109. Before him are Jozef Murgaš, Julian Fałat, Olav Aukrust, Jeanne Eagels, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, and Wilfred Baddeley. After him are Gunnar Heiberg, Edward Carpenter, Ted Wilde, Jean-Baptiste Mimiague, Otto Liebe, and Karel van de Woestijne.
1847 - 1926
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 73
1847 - 1902
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 74
1847 - 1912
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 75
1847 - 1927
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 76
1847 - 1907
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 77
1847 - 1941
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 78
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 79
1847 - 1912
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 80
1847 - 1922
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 81
1847 - 1884
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 82
1847 - 1921
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 83
1847 - 1921
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 84
1847 - 1914
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 85
1864 - 1929
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 103
1853 - 1929
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 104
1883 - 1929
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 105
1890 - 1929
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 106
1855 - 1929
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 107
1872 - 1929
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 108
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 109
1857 - 1929
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 110
1844 - 1929
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 111
1889 - 1929
HPI: 45.48
Rank: 112
1871 - 1929
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 113
1860 - 1929
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 114
1878 - 1929
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 115
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Lankester ranks 3,600 out of 7,765. Before him are Jake Weber (1963), Martin Gilbert (1936), Adrian Rawlins (1958), John Lyons (1932), Cædmon (657), and Jonathan Coe (1961). After him are George Coulouris (1903), Reginald Owen (1887), William Townsend Aiton (1766), George Larner (1875), Peter Whitehead (1914), and Niall Ferguson (1964).
1963 - Present
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 3,594
1936 - 2015
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 3,595
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.15
Rank: 3,596
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,597
657 - 680
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,598
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,599
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 3,600
1903 - 1989
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 3,601
1887 - 1972
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 3,602
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 3,603
1875 - 1949
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 3,604
1914 - 1958
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 3,605
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 3,606
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Ray Lankester ranks 97. Before him are David Don (1799), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), William Elford Leach (1791), N. E. Brown (1849), and William Thomas Blanford (1832). After him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Thomas Bell (1792), John Gerard (1545), Francis Willughby (1635), and Richard Thomas Lowe (1802).
1799 - 1841
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 91
1803 - 1889
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 92
1809 - 1870
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 93
1791 - 1836
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 94
1849 - 1934
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 95
1832 - 1905
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 96
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 97
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 98
1925 - 2014
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 99
1792 - 1880
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 100
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 101
1635 - 1672
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 102
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 103