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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 66,981 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Healey Dall is the 944th most popular biologist, the 12,617th most popular biography from United States and the 152nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Healey Dall ranks 944 out of 841. Before him are Alice Eastwood, Ben Barres, Amos Eaton, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, John Hutton Balfour, and Peter Ascanius. After him are Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Henry Weed Fowler, Jerry Coyne, Suzanne Cory, Frederick DuCane Godman, and Susan Lindquist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, William Healey Dall ranks 94. Before him are Nikolaos Deligiannis, Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, George Reid, Daniel David Palmer, Wollert Konow, and Henry Sweet. After him is Richard Seddon. Among people deceased in 1927, William Healey Dall ranks 132. Before him are Leonard Wood, Samuel Garman, Harry Johnston, Charles Sprague Sargent, Otto Blehr, and Sybil Bauer. After him is Juliette Gordon Low.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Healey Dall ranks 12,617 out of 18,182. Before him are Wyatt Russell (1986), Paris Jackson (1998), Jimmy Douglas (1898), Wilbur Thompson (1921), B.J. Penn (1978), and Peter Del Vecho (1958). After him are Anissa Jones (1958), Debbie Cameron (1958), Joe Arlauckas (1965), Merritt Wever (1980), Wayne Morris (1914), and Thomas David Jones (1955).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, William Healey Dall ranks 152. Before him are Eugenie Clark (1922), Paul Sereno (1957), Elliott Coues (1842), Ben Barres (1954), Amos Eaton (1776), and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863). After him are Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Jerry Coyne (1949), Susan Lindquist (1949), Stephen Schneider (1945), Joanne Chory (1955), and Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913).

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