BIOLOGIST

William John Swainson

1789 - 1855

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William Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist, and artist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William John Swainson has received more than 133,776 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. William John Swainson is the 856th most popular biologist (down from 815th in 2019), the 4,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,140th in 2019) and the 124th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William John Swainson ranks 856 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Ridgway, Anne McLaren, Daniel Oliver, Joshua Brookes, William Kirby, and John Torrey. After him are C. B. van Niel, Johannes Schmidt, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Stanley Norman Cohen, and Ken Alibek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, William John Swainson ranks 49. Before him are Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Michel Félix Dunal, Joséphine Fodor, Martín Javier Mina y Larrea, Alphonse Henri d'Hautpoul, and Thomas Ewing. After him are José Ramón Rodil, 1st Marquess of Rodil, Agustín Durán, Levi Woodbury, and Clement Comer Clay. Among people deceased in 1855, William John Swainson ranks 45. Before him are Josef Munzinger, Henry Bishop, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, Mihály Pollack, Fruto Chamorro, and Timofey Granovsky. After him are Wilhem de Haan, John Canfield Spencer, Henry De la Beche, Sahle Dengel, Feargus O'Connor, and Dorothy Wordsworth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Swainson ranks 4,153 out of 8,785. Before him are Mike Summerbee (1942), Thomas Phillips (1770), Daphne Oram (1925), John Marston (1576), John Milne (1850), and Steve Bruce (1960). After him are Roger of Wendover (1200), George Clausen (1852), Samuel Palmer (1805), Dolly Pentreath (1692), Emilia Lanier (1569), and Frank Dillane (1991).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William John Swainson ranks 124. Before him are William John Burchell (1781), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), Anne McLaren (1927), Daniel Oliver (1830), and William Kirby (1759). After him are Thomas Bell (1792), George Montagu (1751), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), and Reginald Innes Pocock (1863).

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