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William Elford Leach

1791 - 1836

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William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Elford Leach has received more than 225,453 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). William Elford Leach is the 577th most popular biologist (up from 702nd in 2019), the 2,843rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,539th in 2019) and the 77th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Elford Leaches by language

Over the past year William Elford Leach has had the most page views in the with 23,593 views, followed by Spanish (2,113), and Russian (1,713). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Breton (82.63%), Azerbaijani (47.29%), and Catalan (44.32%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Elford Leach ranks 577 out of 1,097. Before him are Miles Joseph Berkeley, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Sewall Wright, Alessandra Giliani, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, and Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer. After him are Jacob Sturm, George Allman, Georg August Schweinfurth, Harold E. Varmus, Edmond Albius, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, William Elford Leach ranks 33. Before him are Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, Louis Visconti, Theodor Körner, Václav Hanka, Johan Ludvig Heiberg, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. After him are Alexis Thérèse Petit, Robert Knox, Josef Munzinger, Odilon Barrot, Adolf Ivar Arwidsson, and Jean Cruveilhier. Among people deceased in 1836, William Elford Leach ranks 42. Before him are Martha Jefferson Randolph, Ferdinand Raimund, Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland, William B. Travis, Edward Turner Bennett, and Miguel Barragán. After him are Stephen F. Austin, Adolf Stieler, Marc-Antoine Parseval, Edward Livingston, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and Charles Wilkins.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Elford Leach ranks 2,843 out of 8,785. Before him are Edmund Campion (1540), Israel Regardie (1907), Ice MC (1965), Adrian Paul (1959), Shirley Eaton (1937), and Jean Marsh (1934). After him are Robin Milner (1934), Colin Clark (1905), Angus Ogilvy (1928), James Allen (1864), Patsy Kensit (1968), and Joan Aiken (1924).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Elford Leach ranks 77. Before him are Patrick Manson (1844), William Curtis (1746), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), and Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803). After him are Richard Lydekker (1849), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), James Francis Stephens (1792), Ray Lankester (1847), Anna Russell (1807), and William Withering (1741).

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