1812 - 1880
Robert Fortune (16 September 1812 – 13 April 1880) was a Scottish botanist, plant hunter and traveller, best known for introducing around 250 new ornamental plants, mainly from China, but also Japan, into the gardens of Britain, Australia, and the USA. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Fortune has received more than 187,661 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 18 in 2019). Robert Fortune is the 319th most popular biologist (up from 356th in 2019), the 1,935th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,959th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Biologist.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among biologists, Robert Fortune ranks 319 out of 841. Before him are Martin Vahl, Patrick Geddes, Eugenius Warming, Johann Reinhold Forster, Eugene Odum, and Albert Günther. After him are Anders Sparrman, Guillaume Rondelet, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Ernst Schäfer, Roderick Murchison, and Nehemiah Grew.
1749 - 1804
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 313
1854 - 1932
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 314
1841 - 1924
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 315
1729 - 1798
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 316
1913 - 2002
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 317
1830 - 1914
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 318
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 319
1748 - 1820
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 320
1507 - 1566
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 321
1811 - 1871
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 322
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 323
1792 - 1871
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 324
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 325
Among people born in 1812, Robert Fortune ranks 37. Before him are Augustus Pugin, Berthold Auerbach, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Hendrik Conscience, Filippo Pacini, and Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst. After him are Duke Peter of Oldenburg, Samuel Smiles, Hermann von Fehling, Melchora Aquino, Yevhen Hrebinka, and Rudolf von Alt. Among people deceased in 1880, Robert Fortune ranks 27. Before him are Arnold Ruge, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Constantin Hansen, Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Jules Favre, and Raden Saleh. After him are Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Jules Antoine Lissajous, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, Arthur Morin, Alphonse Pénaud, and Karl Friedrich Lessing.
1812 - 1852
HPI: 54.07
Rank: 31
1812 - 1882
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 32
1812 - 1887
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 33
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 34
1812 - 1883
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 35
1812 - 1865
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 36
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 37
1812 - Present
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 38
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 39
1812 - 1885
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 40
1812 - 1919
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 41
1812 - 1848
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 42
1812 - 1905
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 43
1802 - 1880
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 21
1805 - 1880
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 22
1804 - 1880
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 23
1796 - 1880
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 24
1809 - 1880
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 25
1811 - 1880
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 26
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 27
1816 - 1880
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 28
1822 - 1880
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 29
1803 - 1880
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 30
1795 - 1880
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 31
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 32
1808 - 1880
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fortune ranks 1,935 out of 7,765. Before him are Josephine Butler (1828), Peter Yates (1929), Mary Astell (1666), John Badham (1939), Martin Rees (1942), and Thom Yorke (1968). After him are Adele (1988), John Chadwick (1920), James Ferguson (1797), Bobby Sands (1954), Sylvester McCoy (1943), and John Loudon McAdam (1756).
1828 - 1906
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 1,929
1929 - 2011
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 1,930
1666 - 1731
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 1,931
1939 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 1,932
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 1,933
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 1,934
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 1,935
1988 - Present
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 1,936
1920 - 1998
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 1,937
1797 - 1867
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 1,938
1954 - 1981
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 1,939
1943 - Present
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 1,940
1756 - 1836
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 1,941
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Robert Fortune ranks 48. Before him are John Hughlings Jackson (1835), John Gould (1804), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Richard Henderson (1945), George Robert Gray (1808), and Patrick Geddes (1854). After him are Roderick Murchison (1792), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), John Needham (1713), and John Sulston (1942).
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 42
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 43
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 44
1945 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 45
1808 - 1872
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 46
1854 - 1932
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 47
1812 - 1880
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 48
1792 - 1871
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 49
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 50
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 51
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 52
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 53
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 54