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BIOLOGIST

Robert Ridgway

1850 - 1929

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Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929) was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics. He was appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to be the first full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum, a title he held until his death. In 1883, he helped found the American Ornithologists' Union, where he served as officer and journal editor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Ridgway has received more than 81,138 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Robert Ridgway is the 850th most popular biologist (down from 783rd in 2019), the 8,868th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,691st in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 21

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Ridgway ranks 850 out of 841. Before him are Louis Fraser, Prideaux John Selby, Herbert Boyer, Joseph Barcroft, Jules Pierre Rambur, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen. After him are Charles Horton Peck, Janet Rowley, Mark Catesby, William Beebe, Gilbert White, and George Engelmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Robert Ridgway ranks 98. Before him are Zdenko Hans Skraup, Guerra Junqueiro, Franciszek Rychnowski, Emma Abbott, John Munro Longyear, and Daniel Chester French. After him are Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Henry Cabot Lodge, Constantin Henriquez, Samuel Gompers, and Lawrence Hargrave. Among people deceased in 1929, Robert Ridgway ranks 126. Before him are Franciszek Rychnowski, Robert Reid, Juan Antonio Escurra, Burton Downing, Joseph Smit, and Sigurd Jørgensen. After him are Ödön Tersztyánszky, Birger Sjöberg, Queenie Newall, Dustin Farnum, Gladys Brockwell, and Norman Pritchard.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ridgway ranks 8,868 out of 18,182. Before him are Francis George (1937), Eddie Floyd (1937), Chris Connor (1927), Don Dokken (1953), Robin Givens (1964), and George Wendt (1948). After him are Dan Gilroy (1959), Joan Leslie (1925), Hilary Hahn (1979), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Janet Lynn (1953), and Chuck Peddle (1937).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Ridgway ranks 120. Before him are Clinton Hart Merriam (1855), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Mary Katharine Brandegee (1844), George Ord (1781), Alfred Romer (1894), and Herbert Boyer (1936). After him are Charles Horton Peck (1833), Janet Rowley (1925), William Beebe (1877), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), John Torrey (1796), and Charles Sibley (1917).

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