1773 - 1858
Robert Brown FRSE FRS FLS MWS (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope. His contributions include one of the earliest detailed descriptions of the cell nucleus and cytoplasmic streaming; the observation of Brownian motion; early work on plant pollination and fertilisation, including being the first to recognise the fundamental difference between gymnosperms and angiosperms; and some of the earliest studies in palynology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Brown has received more than 84,774 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Robert Brown is the 46th most popular biologist (down from 26th in 2019), the 449th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 300th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Robert Brown ranks 46 out of 844. Before him are Ada Yonath, Harald zur Hausen, Jean-Henri Fabre, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur, Adelbert von Chamisso, and Erasmus Darwin. After him are Christian de Duve, Theodor Schwann, Hans Spemann, Hugo de Vries, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, and Albrecht Kossel.
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 40
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 41
1823 - 1915
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 42
1683 - 1757
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 43
1781 - 1838
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 44
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 45
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 46
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 47
1810 - 1882
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 48
1869 - 1941
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 49
1848 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 50
1855 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 51
1853 - 1927
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 52
Among people born in 1773, Robert Brown ranks 7. Before him are Klemens von Metternich, Louis Philippe I, William Henry Harrison, Thomas Young, Ludwig Tieck, and Friedrich Mohs. After him are James Mill, Aimé Bonpland, Louis I of Etruria, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia. Among people deceased in 1858, Robert Brown ranks 5. Before him are Robert Owen, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Rani of Jhansi, and Hiroshige. After him are Matthew C. Perry, Karl Thomas Mozart, John Snow, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Johannes Peter Müller, Anton Diabelli, and Dred Scott.
1773 - 1859
HPI: 83.40
Rank: 1
1773 - 1850
HPI: 83.15
Rank: 2
1773 - 1841
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 3
1773 - 1829
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 4
1773 - 1853
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 5
1773 - 1839
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 6
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 7
1773 - 1836
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 8
1773 - 1858
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 9
1773 - 1803
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 10
1773 - 1842
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 11
1773 - 1802
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 12
1773 - 1832
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 13
1771 - 1858
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 1
1766 - 1858
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 2
1828 - 1858
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 3
1797 - 1858
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 4
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 5
1794 - 1858
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 6
1784 - 1858
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 8
1778 - 1858
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 9
1801 - 1858
HPI: 71.29
Rank: 10
1781 - 1858
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 11
1795 - 1858
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Brown ranks 449 out of 6,924. Before him are William Adams (1564), David Beckham (1975), Gary Moore (1952), Edward the Martyr (962), Charlie Watts (1941), and Henry Every (1659). After him are Stirling Moss (1929), Anthony Burgess (1917), Deborah Kerr (1921), Roger Penrose (1931), Jocelyn Bell Burnell (1943), and Æthelflæd (869).
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 443
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 444
1952 - 2011
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 445
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 446
1941 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 447
1659 - 1699
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 448
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 449
1929 - 2020
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 450
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 451
1921 - 2007
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 452
1931 - Present
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.39
Rank: 454
869 - 918
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 455
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Robert Brown ranks 9. Before him are Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Rosalind Franklin (1920), Francis Crick (1916), Thomas Henry Huxley (1825), Richard Owen (1804), and Erasmus Darwin (1731). After him are Christian de Duve (1917), John Edward Gray (1800), Philip Miller (1691), Julian Huxley (1887), John Gurdon (1933), and Desmond Morris (1928).
1823 - 1913
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 3
1920 - 1958
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 4
1916 - 2004
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 5
1825 - 1895
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 6
1804 - 1892
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 7
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 8
1773 - 1858
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 9
1917 - 2013
HPI: 73.26
Rank: 10
1800 - 1875
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 11
1691 - 1771
HPI: 71.88
Rank: 12
1887 - 1975
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 13
1933 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 14
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 15