BIOLOGIST

William Henry Hudson

1841 - 1922

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William Henry Hudson (4 August 1841 – 18 August 1922), known in Argentina as Guillermo Enrique Hudson, was an Anglo-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born in the Argentinian pampas where he roamed free in his youth, he observed bird life and collected specimens for the Smithsonian Institution. The Patagonian birds Knipolegus hudsoni and Asthenes hudsoni are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Henry Hudson has received more than 237,573 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Henry Hudson is the 623rd most popular biologist (down from 608th in 2019), the 337th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 334th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Argentinean Biologist.

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  • 2.21

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Henry Hudson ranks 623 out of 1,097. Before him are Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Karl Rudolphi, George C. Williams, Nils Johan Andersson, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, and Imre Frivaldszky. After him are Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Magnus Manske, Jean Victoir Audouin, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Émile Duclaux, and Adam Lonicer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, William Henry Hudson ranks 78. Before him are John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Paul Eyschen, Antonio Pacinotti, Carl Graebe, Benedict Menni, and Florence Baker. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Julius Zeyer, René Panhard, Savva Mamontov, Joaquín Crespo, and Giuseppe Pitrè. Among people deceased in 1922, William Henry Hudson ranks 97. Before him are Emil Frey, Hannes Hafstein, Oscar Hertwig, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Jorge Montt, and Otto Lehmann. After him are Takamine Jōkichi, Ernest Lavisse, Iwan Bloch, Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Ferdinand Keller, and José de Amézola y Aspizúa.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, William Henry Hudson ranks 337 out of 1,154. Before him are Gervasio Antonio de Posadas (1757), Martín Miguel de Güemes (1785), Hector Bianciotti (1930), Bernabé Ferreyra (1909), Javier Pastore (1989), and Carlos Anaya (1777). After him are Juan Carlos Muñoz (1919), Antonio Sastre (1911), Papu Gómez (1988), Giora Feidman (1936), Esteban Echeverría (1805), and Ricardo Giusti (1956).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Argentina

Among biologists born in Argentina, William Henry Hudson ranks 2. Before him are César Milstein (1927).

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