1759 - 1850
William Kirby (19 September 1759 – 4 July 1850) was an English entomologist, an original member of the Linnean Society and a Fellow of the Royal Society, as well as a country rector, so that he was an eminent example of the "parson-naturalist". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Kirby has received more than 7,598 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. William Kirby is the 886th most popular biologist (down from 781st in 2019), the 4,738th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,206th in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, William Kirby ranks 886 out of 841. Before him are George R. Price, Ludwig Carl Christian Koch, Lancelot Hogben, Carl Meissner, Johann Georg Wagler, and Alec Jeffreys. After him are John Kunkel Small, Peter Watts, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Samuel Garman, and Wilhem de Haan.
1922 - 1975
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 880
1825 - 1908
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 881
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 882
1800 - 1874
HPI: 41.83
Rank: 883
1800 - 1832
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 884
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 885
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 886
1869 - 1938
HPI: 41.63
Rank: 887
1958 - Present
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 888
1914 - 1999
HPI: 41.61
Rank: 889
1888 - 1948
HPI: 41.59
Rank: 890
1843 - 1927
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 891
1801 - 1855
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 892
Among people born in 1759, William Kirby ranks 38. Before him are Andrey Voronikhin, Cornelio Saavedra, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, August Wilhelm Iffland, and Thomas Andrew Knight. After him is Dean Mahomed. Among people deceased in 1850, William Kirby ranks 54. Before him are Karl Schorn, Adoniram Judson, Bernt Michael Holmboe, Manuel de la Peña y Peña, Juan Martín de Pueyrredón, and Valentín Canalizo.
1759 - 1814
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 32
1759 - 1829
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 33
1759 - 1828
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 34
1759 - 1823
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 35
1759 - 1814
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 36
1759 - 1838
HPI: 45.46
Rank: 37
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 38
1759 - 1851
HPI: 37.38
Rank: 39
1803 - 1850
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 48
1788 - 1850
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 49
1795 - 1850
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 50
1789 - 1850
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 51
1777 - 1850
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 52
1794 - 1850
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 53
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 54
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Kirby ranks 4,738 out of 7,765. Before him are Jessie J (1988), Robert Hamer (1911), Dick King-Smith (1922), Alec Jeffreys (1950), Harry Lloyd (1983), and Julie Driscoll Tippetts (1947). After him are Jet Harris (1939), Mike Hodges (1932), C. V. Boys (1855), Lynn Fontanne (1887), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), and John Crichton-Stuart, 7th Marquess of Bute (1958).
1988 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,732
1911 - 1963
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,733
1922 - 2011
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,734
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,735
1983 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,736
1947 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 4,737
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 4,738
1939 - 2011
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 4,739
1932 - 2022
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 4,740
1855 - 1944
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 4,741
1887 - 1983
HPI: 41.75
Rank: 4,742
1860 - 1908
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 4,743
1958 - 2021
HPI: 41.72
Rank: 4,744
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Kirby ranks 149. Before him are Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), William Yarrell (1784), Bryan Sykes (1947), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Lancelot Hogben (1895), and Alec Jeffreys (1950). After him are Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), John Claudius Loudon (1783), David Lack (1910), Sydney Parkinson (1745), Archibald Menzies (1754), and Thomas Pennant (1726).
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 143
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 144
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 145
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 146
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 147
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 148
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 149
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 150
1783 - 1843
HPI: 41.30
Rank: 151
1910 - 1973
HPI: 41.29
Rank: 152
1745 - 1771
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 153
1754 - 1842
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 154
1726 - 1798
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 155