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Richard Evans Schultes

1915 - 2001

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Richard Evans Schultes (SHULL-tees; January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) was an American biologist, considered to be the father of modern ethnobotany. He is known for his studies of the uses of plants by indigenous peoples, especially the indigenous peoples of the Americas. He worked on entheogenic or hallucinogenic plants, particularly in Mexico and the Amazon, involving lifelong collaborations with chemists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Evans Schultes has received more than 324,313 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Evans Schultes is the 889th most popular biologist, the 8,489th most popular biography from United States and the 126th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 889 out of 1,097. Before him are Benjamin Smith Barton, Gaetano Savi, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Theobald Smith, Robert Weinberg, and Dukinfield Henry Scott. After him are David Goodall, Charles Frédéric Girard, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Carl Fredrik Fallén, Peter Ascanius, and Clinton Hart Merriam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 235. Before him are Carmen Herrera, Patricia Morison, Melih Cevdet Anday, Jean Despeaux, Srđan Mrkušić, and Billy Strayhorn. After him are Anita Lizana, Heinz Körvers, Georgy Tovstonogov, José Antonio Rodríguez, John Dobson, and Ramón Piñeiro López. Among people deceased in 2001, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 261. Before him are Shidzue Katō, N. G. L. Hammond, A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury, Sachiko Hidari, Margaretha Krook, and Kurt Hoffmann. After him are Mwanza Mukombo, Harry Winter, Stepas Butautas, Maximos V Hakim, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and Mirvarid Dilbazi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 8,489 out of 20,380. Before him are Howard P. Robertson (1903), David Clennon (1943), Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949), Jaime Pressly (1977), Kayden Kross (1985), and Adam Scott (1973). After him are Lin Carter (1930), Dan Hartman (1950), David Benioff (1970), Edmund Kirby Smith (1824), Maura Tierney (1965), and Melvin Laird (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 126. Before him are Charles Horton Peck (1833), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Sam Harris (1967), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Theobald Smith (1859), and Robert Weinberg (1942). After him are Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Thomas Say (1787), Sereno Watson (1826), Ruth Patrick (1907), G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906), and Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875).

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