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William Roxburgh

1751 - 1815

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William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. He published numerous works on Indian botany, illustrated by careful drawings made by Indian artists and accompanied by taxonomic descriptions of many plant species. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Roxburgh has received more than 83,827 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 22 in 2019). William Roxburgh is the 822nd most popular biologist (down from 680th in 2019), the 4,181st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,345th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Roxburgh ranks 822 out of 841. Before him are William John Swainson, Robert H. MacArthur, Nathaniel Wallich, Angela Piskernik, Paul Henri Lecomte, and Wilfred Hudson Osgood. After him are Henry Baker, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, Max Fürbringer, William T. Stearn, Tokiharu Abe, and Vladimir Sukachev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1751, William Roxburgh ranks 28. Before him are Anders Dahl, Uesugi Harunori, Johann Heinrich Voss, Corona Schröter, Johan Henric Kellgren, and John Abbot. After him are Henry Dearborn, George Montagu, and Benjamin Stoddert. Among people deceased in 1815, William Roxburgh ranks 26. Before him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, John Singleton Copley, William Nicholson, and Benjamin Smith Barton. After him are Thomas Picton, George Montagu, John Carroll, Charles Lee, and Richard Bassett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Roxburgh ranks 4,181 out of 7,765. Before him are Joanne Harris (1964), George Abbot (1562), William Ames (1576), Muriel Robb (1878), Randolph Caldecott (1846), and Frances O'Connor (1967). After him are David Cross (1949), Emily Hobhouse (1860), Chris Blackwell (1937), Richard Taylor (1962), Antonia Fraser (1932), and Thomas Clarkson (1760).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Roxburgh ranks 129. Before him are Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Robert Wight (1796), Robert Morison (1620), Osbert Salvin (1835), John Abbot (1751), and William John Swainson (1789). After him are Henry Baker (1698), William T. Stearn (1911), Keith Campbell (1954), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Louis Fraser (1810), and Prideaux John Selby (1788).

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