BIOLOGIST

William Diller Matthew

1871 - 1930

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William Diller Matthew FRS (February 19, 1871 – September 24, 1930) was a vertebrate paleontologist who worked primarily on mammal fossils, although he also published a few early papers on mineralogy, petrological geology, one on botany, one on trilobites, and he described Tetraceratops insignis, which was much later suggested to be the oldest known (Early Permian) therapsid. Matthew was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of George Frederic Matthew and Katherine (Diller) Matthew. His father was an amateur geologist and paleontologist who instilled his son with an abiding interest in the earth sciences. Matthew received an A.B. at the University of New Brunswick in 1889 and then earned his Ph.D. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Diller Matthew has received more than 35,647 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William Diller Matthew is the 970th most popular biologist, the 580th most popular biography from Canada and the 6th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Diller Matthew ranks 970 out of 1,097. Before him are João Barbosa Rodrigues, Alexander Wetmore, Alexander Wendt, James Chapin, John Lawrence LeConte, and Archibald Menzies. After him are Robert H. MacArthur, Leonhard Stejneger, Sarah Gilbert, Irene Pepperberg, Gilbert White, and Herbert Boyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, William Diller Matthew ranks 166. Before him are Wilfred Lucas, Max Bodenstein, Yoshioka Yayoi, Clarence Hudson White, Poul Heegaard, and Jack Butler Yeats. After him are John Sloan, Eugen Burg, Anne Sewell Young, Reginald Aldworth Daly, Fran Saleški Finžgar, and Saint-George Ashe. Among people deceased in 1930, William Diller Matthew ranks 133. Before him are Mary Harrison McKee, Santeri Alkio, Rebecca Latimer Felton, Šatrijos Ragana, Christine Ladd-Franklin, and Aston Webb. After him are Milton Sills, Henri Cohen, Johnny Douglas, Gauhar Jaan, Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone, and Bill Tuttle.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, William Diller Matthew ranks 580 out of 1,622. Before him are Teryl Rothery (1962), Helen Shaver (1951), Hilda Strike (1910), Claude Vivier (1948), Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin (1849), and Daniel David Palmer (1845). After him are Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Angela Hewitt (1958), Patrick Roy (1965), Mackenzie Davis (1987), Ross Cuthbert (1892), and Charles Coughlin (1891).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, William Diller Matthew ranks 6. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), John Murray (1841), David Suzuki (1936), George Romanes (1848), and Colin Munro MacLeod (1909). After him are Robert H. MacArthur (1930), Peter Watts (1958), Alice Wilson (1881), Severn Cullis-Suzuki (1979), Alice Eastwood (1859), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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