BIOLOGIST

Sidney Dillon Ripley

1913 - 2001

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Sidney Dillon Ripley II (September 20, 1913 – March 12, 2001) was an American ornithologist and wildlife conservationist. He served as secretary of the Smithsonian Institution for 20 years, from 1964 to 1984, leading the institution through its period of greatest growth and expansion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sidney Dillon Ripley has received more than 70,367 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Sidney Dillon Ripley is the 1,078th most popular biologist (down from 952nd in 2019), the 14,494th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,587th in 2019) and the 184th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Sidney Dillon Ripley ranks 1,078 out of 1,097. Before him are William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Jenny Clack, Maurice Kottelat, Xu Xing, E. B. Ford, and Jerry Coyne. After him are Margaret Morse Nice, Jill Bolte Taylor, Angelika Amon, Matt Ridley, Pamela C. Rasmussen, and David Bellamy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Sidney Dillon Ripley ranks 417. Before him are Janis Carter, Sam Ruben, Frances Langford, Helen Mack, Duane Swanson, and Jack Ragland. After him are Duke Nalon, Risë Stevens, Don DeFore, Elizabeth David, Herb Jeffries, and Ralph Edwards. Among people deceased in 2001, Sidney Dillon Ripley ranks 355. Before him are King Moody, Bobby Johnstone, Hani Hanjour, Betty Everett, Jay Chamberlain, and Frankie Carle. After him are Duke Nalon, Satam al-Suqami, Daniel Lewin, Stuart Adamson, Serhiy Perkhun, and Abdulaziz al-Omari.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sidney Dillon Ripley ranks 14,494 out of 20,380. Before him are Taylor Zakhar Perez (1991), Sharon Robinson (1953), Grayson Hall (1922), Vincent Ventresca (1966), John Tower (1925), and Mitch Kapor (1950). After him are Paul Weitz (1965), Chris Pitman (1961), Andrew J. Feustel (1965), JC Chasez (1976), Troy Aikman (1966), and William Joyce (1959).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Sidney Dillon Ripley ranks 184. Before him are Neil Shubin (1960), Susan Lindquist (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Albert William Herre (1868), Stephen Schneider (1945), and Jerry Coyne (1949). After him are Margaret Morse Nice (1883), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), Ben Barres (1954), Peter Dodson (1946), PZ Myers (1957), and Maria Van Kerkhove (1977).

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