1867 - 1921
William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea. Among other achievements, the expedition established the first permanent weather station in Antarctica. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Speirs Bruce has received more than 138,301 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. William Speirs Bruce is the 346th most popular biologist (up from 425th in 2019), the 2,021st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,253rd in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, William Speirs Bruce ranks 346 out of 841. Before him are Leizu, Charles Chamberland, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, and Eugen Fischer. After him are Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Göran Wahlenberg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, and Odoardo Beccari.
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 340
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 341
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 342
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 343
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 344
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 345
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 346
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 347
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 348
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 349
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 350
1770 - 1845
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 351
1843 - 1920
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 352
Among people born in 1867, William Speirs Bruce ranks 78. Before him are Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Konstantin Balmont, Dagny Juel, Amy Beach, Nilo Peçanha, and Dimitrios Gounaris. After him are Arnold Bennett, Holger Pedersen, Prince Henri of Orléans, Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria, Maximilian Bircher-Benner, and Ivan Grohar. Among people deceased in 1921, William Speirs Bruce ranks 64. Before him are Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Hans Hartwig von Beseler, Charles Joseph Bonaparte, Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Émile Combes, and Christina Nilsson. After him are Pierre Cuypers, Déodat de Séverac, Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav, Eduardo Dato, Mirza Kuchik Khan, and Gabriela Zapolska.
1867 - 1944
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 72
1867 - 1942
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 73
1867 - 1901
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 74
1867 - 1944
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 75
1867 - 1924
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 76
1867 - 1922
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 77
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 78
1867 - 1931
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 79
1867 - 1953
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 80
1867 - 1901
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 81
1867 - 1932
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 82
1867 - 1939
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 83
1867 - 1911
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 84
1849 - 1921
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 58
1850 - 1921
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 59
1851 - 1921
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 60
1863 - 1921
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 61
1835 - 1921
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 62
1843 - 1921
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 63
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 64
1827 - 1921
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 65
1872 - 1921
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 66
1849 - 1921
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 67
1856 - 1921
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 68
1880 - 1921
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 69
1857 - 1921
HPI: 51.75
Rank: 70
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Speirs Bruce ranks 2,021 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Colston (1636), Elihu Thomson (1853), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Donald Crisp (1882), Eddie Irvine (1965), and Hugh Dowding (1882). After him are Charlie Hunnam (1980), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Quentin Skinner (1940), David C. H. Austin (1926), and Arthur Hughes (1832).
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,015
1853 - 1937
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,016
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 2,017
1882 - 1974
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,018
1965 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,019
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,020
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,021
1980 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 2,022
1924 - 2016
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 2,023
1890 - 1967
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,024
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,025
1926 - 2018
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,026
1832 - 1915
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,027
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Speirs Bruce ranks 55. Before him are Roderick Murchison (1792), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), John Needham (1713), and John Sulston (1942). After him are John Maynard Smith (1920), Paul Nurse (1949), William Hudson (1730), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Francis Darwin (1848), and William Aiton (1731).
1792 - 1871
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 49
1641 - 1712
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 50
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 51
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 52
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 53
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 54
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 55
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 56
1949 - Present
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 57
1730 - 1793
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 58
1858 - 1929
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 59
1848 - 1925
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 60
1731 - 1793
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 61