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BIOLOGIST

Richard Lewontin

1929 - 2021

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Richard Charles Lewontin (March 29, 1929 – July 4, 2021) was an American evolutionary biologist, mathematician, geneticist, and social commentator. A leader in developing the mathematical basis of population genetics and evolutionary theory, he applied techniques from molecular biology, such as gel electrophoresis, to questions of genetic variation and evolution. In a pair of seminal 1966 papers co-authored with J. L. Hubby in the journal Genetics, Lewontin helped set the stage for the modern field of molecular evolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Lewontin has received more than 380,194 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Lewontin is the 557th most popular biologist, the 5,331st most popular biography from United States and the 80th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 21

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  • 3.53

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  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Lewontin ranks 557 out of 841. Before him are John Anderson, Frédéric Cuvier, Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Ivan Martinov, and Paul Bert. After him are Janaki Ammal, Anne McLaren, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Carl Alexander Clerck, and Joseph Banks Rhine.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Richard Lewontin ranks 291. Before him are Dorothee Sölle, Gerry Anderson, Tomislav Crnković, Adalet Ağaoğlu, Petr Eben, and Charles Antenen. After him are Ray Barretto, Rolan Bykov, Don Murray, Karl-Erik Palmér, Ninón Sevilla, and Bazilio Olara-Okello. Among people deceased in 2021, Richard Lewontin ranks 386. Before him are Michael Constantine, Håkon Brusveen, Mari Törőcsik, Janet Moreau, Shirley Fry, and Joël Robert. After him are Gimax, John Warner, Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei, Lars Høgh, Bipin Rawat, and Modibo Keita.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Lewontin ranks 5,331 out of 18,182. Before him are Buckethead (1969), Marie Doro (1882), Betsy Palmer (1926), Little Walter (1930), William Rehnquist (1924), and Frances Sternhagen (1930). After him are Camille Paglia (1947), Irvin McDowell (1818), Robert Motherwell (1915), Tom Noonan (1951), Saunders Mac Lane (1909), and James Hansen (1941).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Richard Lewontin ranks 80. Before him are David Starr Jordan (1851), Arthur Cronquist (1919), George C. Williams (1926), Robert Sapolsky (1957), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), and Paul R. Ehrlich (1932). After him are Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Frederic Clements (1874), Francis Collins (1950), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Asa Gray (1810), and Gerrit Smith Miller (1869).

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