BIOLOGIST

William Hemsley

1843 - 1924

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William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. The standard author abbreviation Hemsl. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Hemsley has received more than 4,644 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Hemsley is the 824th most popular biologist (down from 687th in 2019), the 4,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,456th in 2019) and the 114th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Hemsley ranks 824 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Carl Bolle, Jules Pierre Rambur, Charles Wallace Richmond, and Alice Catherine Evans. After him are Johann Jakob Bernhardi, John Jacob Abel, Joseph Rock, Paul Henri Lecomte, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, and Herbert Giles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William Hemsley ranks 96. Before him are Dezső Bánffy, Kálmán Széll, Sara Forbes Bonetta, Dmitry Anuchin, Miguel Antonio Caro, and Paul de Smet de Naeyer. After him are Nadezhda Suslova, Charles Montagu Doughty, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Serapio Calderón, Charles Conrad Abbott, and Paul Arène. Among people deceased in 1924, William Hemsley ranks 116. Before him are Vlastimil Tusar, Josef Labor, Konrad Hirsch, Archibald Geikie, Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, and Josefine Swoboda. After him are Wollert Konow, Sándor Bródy, Lloyd Hildebrand, Victor Herbert, Maurice Prendergast, and Georg Selenius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 4,025 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Wilkins (1749), Grantley Goulding (1874), Steve McClaren (1961), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Michael Heseltine (1933), and Chris Lawrence (1933). After him are Tom Richards (1910), Ronnie Lane (1946), Geoff Lees (1951), Arthur St. Clair (1737), Harry Stafford (1869), and Jason Orange (1970).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 114. Before him are Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), William Townsend Aiton (1766), Alec Jeffreys (1950), Thomas Thomson (1817), and George Edwards (1694). After him are Herbert Giles (1845), Sydney Parkinson (1745), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), William John Burchell (1781), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), and Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761).

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