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BIOLOGIST

William Beebe

1877 - 1962

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Charles William Beebe ( BEE-bee; July 29, 1877 – June 4, 1962) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, marine biologist, entomologist, explorer, and author. He is remembered for the numerous expeditions he conducted for the New York Zoological Society, his deep dives in the Bathysphere, and his prolific scientific writing for academic and popular audiences. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in East Orange, New Jersey, Beebe left college before obtaining a degree to work at the then newly opened New York Zoological Park, where he was given the duty of caring for the zoo's birds. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Beebe has received more than 294,726 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Beebe is the 854th most popular biologist (down from 780th in 2019), the 8,914th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,489th in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Biologist.

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  • 43.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Beebe ranks 854 out of 841. Before him are Jules Pierre Rambur, Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen, Robert Ridgway, Charles Horton Peck, Janet Rowley, and Mark Catesby. After him are Gilbert White, George Engelmann, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Joshua Brookes, Alister Hardy, and John Torrey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, William Beebe ranks 161. Before him are Victor Willems, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Louisa Bolus, Oscar Grégoire, Ervin Mészáros, and Malcolm Whitman. After him are Winifred McNair, Thomas C. Hart, Patrick Leahy, Albino Jara, Lloyd C. Douglas, and Henri Hazebrouck. Among people deceased in 1962, William Beebe ranks 175. Before him are William Clothier, Louis Abell, María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Pontus Hanson, Emmanuil Kazakevich, and Bjørn Rasmussen. After him are Nikolai Pogodin, Leon Kruczkowski, Gerrit Achterberg, Dorothy Brookshaw, R. H. Tawney, and Clara Blandick.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Beebe ranks 8,914 out of 18,182. Before him are Harvey Kurtzman (1924), Carmine Caridi (1934), Tim DeKay (1963), Garrett Birkhoff (1911), Bob Gaudio (1942), and John Jakes (1932). After him are Michael Michele (1966), Rose Marie (1923), Bill Laimbeer (1957), Gavin Newsom (1967), Kenneth Burke (1897), and Vincent Youmans (1898).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, William Beebe ranks 123. Before him are George Ord (1781), Alfred Romer (1894), Herbert Boyer (1936), Robert Ridgway (1850), Charles Horton Peck (1833), and Janet Rowley (1925). After him are Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), John Torrey (1796), Charles Sibley (1917), Frank Chapman (1864), Charles B. Cory (1857), and John Hopfield (1933).

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