BIOLOGIST

Richard Lydekker

1849 - 1915

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Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was an English naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Lydekker has received more than 126,856 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Lydekker is the 604th most popular biologist (down from 467th in 2019), the 2,951st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,575th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Richard Lydekkers by language

Over the past year Richard Lydekker has had the most page views in the with 15,333 views, followed by Chinese (1,987), and German (1,536). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Indonesian (44.82%), Catalan (42.36%), and Hungarian (41.65%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Lydekker ranks 604 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Antoine Lemaire, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, René Dubos, Jack Horner, Heinrich von Kittlitz, and Ludwig Diels. After him are Philip Henry Gosse, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Fritz Schaudinn, Martin Rathke, James Francis Stephens, and Richard Goldschmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Richard Lydekker ranks 77. Before him are William Knox D'Arcy, Hugo von Seeliger, Oscar Hertwig, Christian Rohlfs, Jacob Riis, and Pedro Montt. After him are Prosper-René Blondlot, Henry Clay Frick, John Hartley, Panas Myrny, Alfred Kleiner, and Gerhard Munthe. Among people deceased in 1915, Richard Lydekker ranks 88. Before him are Paul Eyschen, Stanisław Witkiewicz, Elbert Hubbard, Krikor Zohrab, Frank James, and Jerzy Żuławski. After him are Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Pyotr Durnovo, Ferdinand Sarrien, Anthony Wilding, Christian Wilhelm Allers, and Margaret Lindsay Huggins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Lydekker ranks 2,951 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Garber (1956), Shirley Henderson (1965), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Steve Davis (1957), and Peter Cheyney (1896). After him are Hank Marvin (1941), Adrian Boult (1889), Ben Whishaw (1980), John Phillips (1800), Jackie Collins (1937), and Emma Bunton (1976).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Richard Lydekker ranks 78. Before him are William Curtis (1746), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), and William Elford Leach (1791). After him are Philip Henry Gosse (1810), James Francis Stephens (1792), Ray Lankester (1847), Anna Russell (1807), William Withering (1741), and David Don (1799).

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