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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 4,353 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Hemsley is the 688th most popular biologist (down from 620th in 2019), the 3,464th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,031st in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Hemsley ranks 688 out of 841. Before him are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Jacques Miller, Jan Frederik Gronovius, John Richardson, Antoine Risso, and Carl Chun. After him are Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, William Sherard, David Don, Élie-Abel Carrière, Johann Gerhard König, and Jacob Bjerknes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William Hemsley ranks 83. Before him are Louis Diémer, Patricio Escobar, Gleb Uspensky, Nadezhda Suslova, Petko Karavelov, and Kitty Lange Kielland. After him are Kálmán Széll, Higinio Uriarte, Serapio Calderón, Charles Montagu Doughty, Dmitry Anuchin, and Charles Conrad Abbott. Among people deceased in 1924, William Hemsley ranks 99. Before him are George Kennan, Herman Heijermans, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Hugo von Seeliger, Stefan Toshev, and Teodor Teodorov. After him are Kazimieras Būga, Lin Shu, Vlastimil Tusar, Sándor Bródy, Lloyd Hildebrand, and Maurice Prendergast.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 3,464 out of 7,765. Before him are Harry Brearley (1871), Anthony Andrews (1948), Anna Massey (1937), Frank Hadow (1855), Anton Lesser (1952), and John Hopkinson (1849). After him are John Arbuthnot (1667), Thomas Linley the younger (1756), Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), Luke Foxe (1586), Blanche Bingley (1863), and William Sherard (1659).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 89. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Newton (1832), Edward Blyth (1810), and John Richardson (1787). After him are William Sherard (1659), David Don (1799), Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), William Elford Leach (1791), and N. E. Brown (1849).

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