BIOLOGIST

William Healey Dall

1845 - 1927

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William Healey Dall (August 21, 1845 – March 27, 1927) was an American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska. He described many mollusks of the Pacific Northwest of North America, and was for many years America's preeminent authority on living and fossil mollusks. Dall also made substantial contributions to ornithology, zoology, physical and cultural anthropology, oceanography, and paleontology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Healey Dall has received more than 71,758 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Healey Dall is the 1,002nd most popular biologist (down from 943rd in 2019), the 10,853rd most popular biography from United States (up from 12,588th in 2019) and the 149th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Healey Dall ranks 1,002 out of 1,097. Before him are Annie Lorrain Smith, Robert Collett, John Claudius Loudon, Tilly Edinger, Prideaux John Selby, and Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz. After him are Peter Watts, Fanny Hesse, Maxine Singer, Amos Eaton, Carl H. Eigenmann, and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, William Healey Dall ranks 104. Before him are George Reid, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Henry Sweet, John Sparrow David Thompson, William Christie, and Daniel David Palmer. After him are Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, and Richard Seddon. Among people deceased in 1927, William Healey Dall ranks 148. Before him are Luke Fildes, Otto Blehr, Ira Remsen, George Nichols, Virgilio Mantegazza, and Émile Albrecht. After him are Carl H. Eigenmann, Sarah Frances Whiting, Charles Sprague Sargent, Harry Johnston, Sybil Bauer, and Juliette Gordon Low.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Healey Dall ranks 10,853 out of 20,380. Before him are Dusty Anderson (1918), Alan Reed (1907), Aimee Garcia (1978), Timothy M. Dolan (1950), Samuel Gridley Howe (1801), and Glenn Corbett (1933). After him are Kevin Chamberlin (1963), Ryan Stiles (1959), James Shaffer (1970), Brandon Call (1976), Betty Ong (1956), and Eleanor Audley (1905).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, William Healey Dall ranks 149. Before him are Irene Pepperberg (1949), Herbert Boyer (1936), Frank Chapman (1864), Christof Koch (1956), Beatrice Mintz (1921), and Paul Sereno (1957). After him are Fanny Hesse (1850), Maxine Singer (1931), Amos Eaton (1776), Jessica Meir (1977), George R. Price (1922), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966).

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