BIOLOGIST

Walter Sutton

1877 - 1916

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Walter Stanborough Sutton (April 5, 1877 – November 10, 1916) was an American geneticist and biologist whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Sutton has received more than 127,654 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Sutton is the 661st most popular biologist, the 6,001st most popular biography from United States and the 92nd most popular American Biologist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Walter Sutton ranks 661 out of 1,097. Before him are Jean René Constant Quoy, John du Pont, Jacob Bjerknes, George Albert Boulenger, Ferdinand Albin Pax, and Mary-Claire King. After him are David Starr Jordan, Eduard Oscar Schmidt, Jinzō Matsumura, Amotz Zahavi, Robert Swinhoe, and Japetus Steenstrup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Walter Sutton ranks 127. Before him are Sidney Johnson, Frederick Twort, Filippos Karvelas, Ned Maddrell, Victor Willems, and Norman Brookes. After him are Slava Raškaj, Elsa Laula Renberg, Liao Zhongkai, Abelardo Olivier, Bolesław Leśmian, and Semyon Frank. Among people deceased in 1916, Walter Sutton ranks 116. Before him are Henri Harpignies, Florence Baker, Alfred Kleiner, Giuseppe Pitrè, Ștefan Luchian, and Gabrielle Petit. After him are Karl Klindworth, Clements Markham, Rik Wouters, Georgios Theotokis, William Merritt Chase, and Sámuel Teleki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Sutton ranks 6,001 out of 20,380. Before him are Christopher Judge (1964), Bob Lazar (1959), Julia Quinn (1970), Tracy Chevalier (1962), Beverly Aadland (1942), and Ted Neeley (1943). After him are Gale Anne Hurd (1955), David Starr Jordan (1851), Lightnin' Hopkins (1912), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), Pia Zadora (1953), and Jonathan Davis (1971).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Walter Sutton ranks 92. Before him are Alfred Sturtevant (1891), George C. Williams (1926), Edmund Beecher Wilson (1856), Charles David Keeling (1928), John du Pont (1938), and Mary-Claire King (1946). After him are David Starr Jordan (1851), Samuel Garman (1843), Jane Colden (1724), Richard Lewontin (1929), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), and Joseph Leidy (1823).

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