1781 - 1863
William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William John Burchell has received more than 61,445 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William John Burchell is the 613th most popular biologist (up from 661st in 2019), the 3,152nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,240th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, William John Burchell ranks 613 out of 841. Before him are Everard Home, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, William Henry Hudson, Otto Bütschli, Tommaso Salvadori, and Salomon Müller. After him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Ferdinand Albin Pax, Jack Horner, Johann Jakob Bernhardi, Morten Thrane Brünnich, and Joseph Franz von Jacquin.
1756 - 1832
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 607
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 608
1841 - 1922
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 609
1848 - 1920
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 610
1835 - 1923
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 611
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 612
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 613
1733 - 1806
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 614
1858 - 1942
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 615
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 616
1774 - 1850
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 617
1737 - 1827
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 618
1766 - 1839
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 619
Among people born in 1781, William John Burchell ranks 35. Before him are José de Madrazo y Agudo, Johann Friedrich Meckel, George Dawe, Henri Cassini, Christian von Steven, and Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana. After him are Friedrich von Berchtold, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Andrés Narvarte, Alexander Vostokov, Joaquín Suárez, and George Ord. Among people deceased in 1863, William John Burchell ranks 43. Before him are C. L. Gloger, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, Christian von Steven, Andrei Mureșanu, Johann Wilhelm Schirmer, and Salomon Müller. After him are Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Jane Pierce, Little Crow, John F. Reynolds, Nikolai Turczaninow, and Charles Robert Cockerell.
1781 - 1859
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 29
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 30
1781 - 1829
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 31
1781 - 1832
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 32
1781 - 1863
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 33
1781 - 1864
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 34
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 35
1781 - 1876
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 36
1781 - 1840
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 37
1781 - 1853
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 38
1781 - 1864
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 39
1781 - 1868
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 40
1781 - 1866
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 41
1803 - 1863
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 37
1794 - 1863
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 38
1781 - 1863
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 39
1816 - 1863
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 40
1807 - 1863
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 41
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 42
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 43
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 44
1806 - 1863
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 45
1810 - 1863
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 46
1820 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 47
1796 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 48
1788 - 1863
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 49
Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 3,152 out of 7,765. Before him are Mal Evans (1935), Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844), Steve Marriott (1947), Don Revie (1927), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), and Nik Kershaw (1958). After him are Henry Scott Tuke (1858), Gemma Arterton (1986), Hermione Baddeley (1906), Nigel Davenport (1928), Eva Le Gallienne (1899), and Ælfheah of Canterbury (954).
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,146
1844 - 1889
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,147
1947 - 1991
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,148
1927 - 1989
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 3,149
1724 - 1808
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 3,150
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,151
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,152
1858 - 1929
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,153
1986 - Present
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,154
1906 - 1986
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 3,155
1928 - 2013
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 3,156
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 3,157
954 - 1012
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 3,158
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 82. Before him are John Anderson (1833), Anne McLaren (1927), William Withering (1741), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), and Everard Home (1756). After him are Philip Barker-Webb (1793), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), Andrew Smith (1797), Edward Newton (1832), Edward Blyth (1810), and John Richardson (1787).
1833 - 1900
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 76
1927 - 2007
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 77
1741 - 1799
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 78
1797 - 1836
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 79
1830 - 1882
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 80
1756 - 1832
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 81
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 82
1793 - 1854
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 83
1818 - 1899
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 84
1797 - 1872
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 85
1832 - 1897
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 86
1810 - 1873
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 87
1787 - 1865
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 88