BIOLOGIST

Steve Jones

1944 - Today

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John Stephen Jones DSc FLSW (born 24 March 1944) is a British geneticist and, from 1995 to 1999 as well as from 2008 to June 2010, was Head of the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. His studies are conducted in the Galton Laboratory. He is also a television presenter and a prize-winning author on the subject of biology, especially evolution. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steve Jones has received more than 86,694 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Jones is the 1,070th most popular biologist, the 6,252nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 185th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 87k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Steve Jones ranks 1,070 out of 1,097. Before him are Frederick DuCane Godman, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Huda Zoghbi, Suzanne Simard, Joan A. Steitz, and Albert William Herre. After him are Stephen Schneider, William Robert Ogilvie-Grant, Jenny Clack, Maurice Kottelat, Xu Xing, and E. B. Ford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Steve Jones ranks 720. Before him are Storrs L. Olson, Charles L. Veach, Terry Cooper, George Armstrong, Peter Asher, and Bob Riley. After him are Steve Beshear, Conrad Black, Dave Morgan, Bonnie Franklin, Ibrahim Gambari, and Mike Oxley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Jones ranks 6,252 out of 8,785. Before him are Nina Bawden (1925), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), Mark E. Smith (1957), Adam Curtis (1955), Carol Ann Duffy (1955), and Amanda Abbington (1974). After him are Simon Kinberg (1973), Stevie Smith (1902), Barry Evans (1943), Julian Marley (1975), Dora Bryan (1923), and Miranda Hart (1972).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Steve Jones ranks 185. Before him are Francis Walker (1809), Philippa Marrack (1945), George Don (1798), Frederic Moore (1830), Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856), and Frederick DuCane Godman (1834). After him are Jenny Clack (1947), E. B. Ford (1901), Matt Ridley (1958), David Bellamy (1933), and Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950).

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