BIOLOGIST

William Aiton

1731 - 1793

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William Aiton (1731 – 2 February 1793) was a Scottish botanist. Aiton was born near Hamilton. Having been regularly trained to the profession of a gardener, he travelled to London in 1754, and became assistant to Philip Miller, then superintendent of the Chelsea Physic Garden. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Aiton has received more than 53,684 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William Aiton is the 243rd most popular biologist (up from 371st in 2019), the 1,395th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,104th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Aitons by language

Over the past year William Aiton has had the most page views in the with 7,122 views, followed by Spanish (1,842), and Portuguese (1,384). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Finnish (174.19%), Catalan (126.22%), and Azerbaijani (110.73%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Aiton ranks 243 out of 1,097. Before him are Nehemiah Grew, Lorenz Oken, James Rothman, Willi Hennig, Rudolf Vrba, and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini. After him are Antoine Béchamp, Carl Correns, Hermann Schlegel, Martin Chalfie, Johann Baptist von Spix, and Henri Milne-Edwards.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, William Aiton ranks 6. Before him are Henry Cavendish, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, Erasmus Darwin, Martha Washington, and Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron. After him are Marcello Bacciarelli, Gabriela Silang, Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Ove Høegh-Guldberg. Among people deceased in 1793, William Aiton ranks 24. Before him are Antoine Barnave, John Hunter, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Fletcher Christian, and Jacques Cathelineau. After him are John Hancock, Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, and Nicolaas Laurens Burman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Aiton ranks 1,395 out of 8,785. Before him are Adrian Newey (1958), Vidal Sassoon (1928), Victor McLaglen (1886), Pattie Boyd (1944), Edward Frankland (1825), and Jimmy Greaves (1940). After him are Paul Gascoigne (1967), M. Stanley Whittingham (1941), Wayne Rooney (1985), Malcolm Lowry (1909), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), and Harry Gregg (1932).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Aiton ranks 39. Before him are Thomas Browne (1605), Joseph Banks (1743), Desmond Morris (1928), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), Michael Houghton (1949), and Nehemiah Grew (1641). After him are Richard Henderson (1945), Joseph Dalton Hooker (1817), John Lindley (1799), Francis Darwin (1848), Jack W. Szostak (1952), and John Maynard Smith (1920).

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