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, such as the Arcturus mission, 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 322,370 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Beebe is the 936th most popular biologist (down from 853rd in 2019), the 9,212th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,896th in 2019) and the 137th most popular American Biologist.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

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  • 3.78

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Beebe ranks 936 out of 1,097. Before him are Tokiharu Abe, Richard Thomas Lowe, Johann Wilhelm Meigen, Lucy Shapiro, Robert Wight, and Aylmer Bourke Lambert. After him are Johann Friedrich Adam, Joseph Barcroft, Thomas Pennant, Lilian Gibbs, Rudolf Schlechter, and William Murrill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, William Beebe ranks 178. Before him are Hermann Martens, J. Searle Dawley, Jón Þorláksson, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Claire McDowell, and Georges Johin. After him are Tom Thomson, Robert Farnan, Thomas C. Hart, Oscar Grégoire, Šatrijos Ragana, and Gian Giorgio Trissino. Among people deceased in 1962, William Beebe ranks 198. Before him are André Roosevelt, Charles Reisner, Gerrit Achterberg, Frank Hurley, Clara Blandick, and Robinson Jeffers. After him are María Rosa Lida de Malkiel, Jean Brichaut, Leon Kruczkowski, Émile Wegelin, Ernie Kovacs, and Emmanuil Kazakevich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Beebe ranks 9,212 out of 20,380. Before him are Kim Deal (1961), Kid Rock (1971), Daniel Goldhagen (1959), James M. Cox (1870), Commodore Cochran (1902), and James MacArthur (1937). After him are Tim Miller (1964), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Mary Kay Place (1947), Pernell Whitaker (1964), Little Willie John (1937), and Jonathan Togo (1977).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, William Beebe ranks 137. Before him are G. Ledyard Stebbins (1906), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), John Hopfield (1933), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), and Lucy Shapiro (1940). After him are Charles Sibley (1917), Janet Rowley (1925), Alexander Wetmore (1886), James Chapin (1889), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), and Irene Pepperberg (1949).

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