1889 - 1988
Sewall Green Wright FRS(For) Honorary FRSE (December 21, 1889 – March 3, 1988) was an American geneticist known for his influential work on evolutionary theory and also for his work on path analysis. He was a founder of population genetics alongside Ronald Fisher and J. B. S. Haldane, which was a major step in the development of the modern synthesis combining genetics with evolution. He discovered the inbreeding coefficient and methods of computing it in pedigree animals. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sewall Wright has received more than 286,522 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sewall Wright is the 441st most popular biologist (up from 525th in 2019), the 4,357th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,771st in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Biologist.
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Among biologists, Sewall Wright ranks 441 out of 841. Before him are Benedykt Dybowski, William Jackson Hooker, Alfred Grandidier, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, Jean-Pierre Changeux, and Elisabeth Christina von Linné. After him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Jean René Constant Quoy, Leopold Fitzinger, Jan Svatopluk Presl, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider.
1833 - 1930
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 435
1785 - 1865
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 436
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 437
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 438
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 439
1743 - 1782
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 440
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 441
1907 - 2004
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 442
1790 - 1869
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 443
1802 - 1884
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 444
1791 - 1849
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 445
1898 - 1957
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 446
1750 - 1822
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1889, Sewall Wright ranks 148. Before him are Manuel Prado Ugarteche, Antonio Caggiano, James Whale, Louis Van Hege, Grigory Levenfish, and Otto Deßloch. After him are Zhang Qun, W. S. Van Dyke, Erich Pommer, Reggie Walker, Ludwig Renn, and Anita Malfatti. Among people deceased in 1988, Sewall Wright ranks 112. Before him are Steno, Pete Maravich, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gaston Eyskens, Sylvester, and Arnulfo Arias. After him are Shen Congwen, Giorgio Almirante, John Houseman, Vasil Mzhavanadze, Irmgard Seefried, and Pál Titkos.
1889 - 1967
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 142
1889 - 1979
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 143
1889 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 144
1889 - 1975
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 145
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 146
1889 - 1977
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 147
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 148
1889 - 1990
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 149
1889 - 1943
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 150
1889 - 1966
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 151
1889 - 1951
HPI: 50.44
Rank: 152
1889 - 1979
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 153
1889 - 1964
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 154
1917 - 1988
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 106
1947 - 1988
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 107
1928 - 1988
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 108
1905 - 1988
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 109
1947 - 1988
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 110
1901 - 1988
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 111
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 112
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 113
1914 - 1988
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 114
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 115
1902 - 1988
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 116
1919 - 1988
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 117
1908 - 1988
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 118
Among people born in United States, Sewall Wright ranks 4,357 out of 18,182. Before him are Sarah Rafferty (1972), John Spencer (1946), Braxton Bragg (1817), Laurie Metcalf (1955), Ryan Murphy (1965), and A. Merritt (1884). After him are Lew Ayres (1908), Queen Latifah (1970), Sally Kirkland (1941), Art LaFleur (1943), John Lewis (1920), and John Ashbery (1927).
1972 - Present
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 4,351
1946 - 2005
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 4,352
1817 - 1876
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 4,353
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,354
1965 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,355
1884 - 1943
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,356
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,357
1908 - 1996
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,358
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 4,359
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 4,360
1943 - 2021
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 4,361
1920 - 2001
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 4,362
1927 - 2017
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 4,363
Among biologists born in United States, Sewall Wright ranks 68. Before him are Harold E. Varmus (1939), Barry Commoner (1917), Andrew Fire (1959), Brian Kobilka (1955), Martha Chase (1927), and James P. Allison (1948). After him are Esther Lederberg (1922), Craig Mello (1960), Garrett Hardin (1915), Aldo Leopold (1887), Charles David Keeling (1928), and David Starr Jordan (1851).
1939 - Present
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 62
1917 - 2012
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 63
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 64
1955 - Present
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 65
1927 - 2003
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 66
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 67
1889 - 1988
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 68
1922 - 2006
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 69
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 70
1915 - 2003
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 71
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 72
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 73
1851 - 1931
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 74