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Thomas Horsfield

1773 - 1859

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Thomas Horsfield (May 12, 1773 – July 24, 1859) was an American physician and naturalist who worked extensively in Indonesia, describing numerous species of plants and animals from the region. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Horsfield has received more than 75,543 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Thomas Horsfield is the 541st most popular physician (up from 559th in 2019), the 5,924th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,501st in 2019) and the 59th most popular American Physician.

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  • 76k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Thomas Horsfield ranks 541 out of 726. Before him are Kenneth H. Cooper, Özlem Türeci, Jan Janský, Burrill Bernard Crohn, Adam Zamenhof, and Albrecht von Graefe. After him are Paolo Macchiarini, Nikolay Gamaleya, Łucja Frey, Louis-Antoine Ranvier, Franz Josef Ruprecht, and Antonius Musa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Thomas Horsfield ranks 43. Before him are Lodewijk van Heiden, Arthur Aikin, Jacob Aall, Agostino Bassi, Johann Karl Burckhardt, and Josef August Schultes. After him are François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Mihály Csokonai, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, Joseph Woelfl, José Rondeau, and Mihály Pollack. Among people deceased in 1859, Thomas Horsfield ranks 49. Before him are José de Madrazo y Agudo, Ye Mingchen, Petrus Borel, Joseph Diez Gergonne, Thaddeus Bulgarin, and William H. Prescott. After him are Mirabeau B. Lamar, Prince William of Baden, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, Heinrich Zollinger, Eliza Acton, and Juan Bautista Ceballos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Horsfield ranks 5,924 out of 20,380. Before him are Oscar De La Hoya (1973), Harry Daghlian (1921), Armie Hammer (1986), Darlanne Fluegel (1953), Ross the Boss (1954), and Johnny Knoxville (1971). After him are Kaley Cuoco (1985), Carter Burwell (1954), Larry Van Kriedt (1954), Ned Block (1942), Colleen Camp (1953), and George O. Abell (1927).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United States

Among physicians born in United States, Thomas Horsfield ranks 59. Before him are Benjamin Rush (1745), Frank H. Netter (1906), Vivien Thomas (1910), Alfred Blalock (1899), Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), and Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884). After him are Jeffrey Ullman (1942), Ancel Keys (1904), Bernard Nathanson (1926), Russell M. Nelson (1924), Florence R. Sabin (1871), and William Beaumont (1785).

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