1942 - Today
Alfred Rupert Sheldrake (born 28 June 1942) is an English author and parapsychology researcher. He proposed the concept of morphic resonance, a conjecture that lacks mainstream acceptance and has been widely criticized as pseudoscience. He has worked as a biochemist at Cambridge University, a Harvard scholar, a researcher at the Royal Society, and a plant physiologist for ICRISAT in India.Other work by Sheldrake encompasses paranormal subjects such as precognition, empirical research into telepathy, and the psychic staring effect. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rupert Sheldrake has received more than 1,509,262 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Rupert Sheldrake is the 249th most popular biologist (down from 223rd in 2019), the 1,575th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,413th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, Rupert Sheldrake ranks 249 out of 841. Before him are Joseph Dalton Hooker, Michał Boym, Félix d'Herelle, Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, and Carl Correns. After him are David Julius, August Grisebach, David Bruce, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, and James Edward Smith.
1817 - 1911
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 243
1614 - 1659
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 244
1873 - 1949
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 245
1781 - 1826
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 246
1751 - 1813
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 247
1864 - 1933
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 248
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 249
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 250
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 251
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 252
1784 - 1838
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 253
1797 - 1878
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 254
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 255
Among people born in 1942, Rupert Sheldrake ranks 183. Before him are André Vingt-Trois, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, Prince Alexandre of Belgium, Henri Pescarolo, Charles Konan Banny, and Milton Nascimento. After him are Jorge Liberato Urosa Savino, Brian Kernighan, Punsalmaagiin Ochirbat, Mario Terán, Marta Kubišová, and Pascal Couchepin.
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 177
1942 - 2017
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 178
1942 - 2009
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 179
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 180
1942 - 2021
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 181
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 182
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 183
1942 - 2021
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 184
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 185
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 186
1942 - 2022
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 187
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 188
1942 - Present
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 189
Among people born in United Kingdom, Rupert Sheldrake ranks 1,575 out of 7,765. Before him are Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Margaret Douglas (1515), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), John Barbirolli (1899), Oliver Hart (1948), and Maurice Wilkes (1913). After him are Mary Ann Cotton (1832), Rafael Merry del Val (1865), Roger Hunt (1938), Eric Knight (1897), George Smith (1840), and Kate Moss (1974).
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,569
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,570
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,571
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,572
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,573
1913 - 2010
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,574
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,575
1832 - 1873
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 1,576
1865 - 1930
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 1,577
1938 - 2021
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 1,578
1897 - 1943
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 1,579
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 1,580
1974 - Present
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 1,581
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Rupert Sheldrake ranks 36. Before him are Henry Walter Bates (1825), John Boyd Orr (1880), Thomas Browne (1605), John Lindley (1799), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), and George Shaw (1751). After him are James Edward Smith (1759), June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Marie Stopes (1880), and John Hughlings Jackson (1835).
1825 - 1892
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 30
1880 - 1971
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 31
1605 - 1682
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 32
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 33
1817 - 1911
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 34
1751 - 1813
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 35
1942 - Present
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 36
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 37
1930 - 2007
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 38
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 39
1942 - 2021
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 40
1880 - 1958
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 41
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 42