BIOLOGIST

William John Burchell

1781 - 1863

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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 67,677 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William John Burchell is the 845th most popular biologist (down from 612th in 2019), the 4,109th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,144th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 68k

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  • 46.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William John Burchell ranks 845 out of 1,097. Before him are Palisot de Beauvois, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, Casimir de Candolle, Mary Katharine Brandegee, Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, and Gustav Lindau. After him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Tadas Ivanauskas, Édouard Ménétries, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Robert Ridgway, and Anne McLaren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, William John Burchell ranks 42. Before him are Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Henri Cassini, Andrés Narvarte, Joaquín Suárez, and Alexander Vostokov. After him are José María Calatrava y Peinado, Charles Joseph Minard, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, William Wyatt Bibb, and John M. Berrien. Among people deceased in 1863, William John Burchell ranks 50. Before him are Andrei Mureșanu, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, John F. Reynolds, Little Crow, Jane Pierce, and Charles Robert Cockerell. After him are Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Nikolai Turczaninow, Juan Francisco de Vidal, Juan Francisco Giró, Lewis Armistead, and Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 4,109 out of 8,785. Before him are Ashley Montagu (1905), Duncan Jones (1971), David Pegg (1935), Stephen Graham (1973), Olivia Manning (1908), and Nathalie Emmanuel (1989). After him are Stephen Mangan (1968), Spencer Davis (1939), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Jane Ellen Harrison (1850), Cædmon (657), and Estelle Winwood (1883).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 118. Before him are Thomas Thomson (1817), George Edwards (1694), William Hemsley (1843), Herbert Giles (1845), Sydney Parkinson (1745), and Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800). After him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), Anne McLaren (1927), Daniel Oliver (1830), William Kirby (1759), and William John Swainson (1789).

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