BIOLOGIST

William T. Stearn

1911 - 2001

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William Thomas Stearn (; 16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge in 1911, he was largely self-educated and developed an early interest in books and natural history. His initial work experience was at a Cambridge bookshop, but he also had a position as an assistant in the university botany department. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William T. Stearn has received more than 134,996 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. William T. Stearn is the 954th most popular biologist (down from 825th in 2019), the 4,830th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,207th in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 130k

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  • 44.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year William T. Stearn has had the most page views in the with 53,553 views, followed by Arabic (2,187), and Chinese (1,301). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are English (494.31%), Persian (145.88%), and Egyptian Arabic (76.97%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William T. Stearn ranks 954 out of 1,097Before him are Jan Sztolcman, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Vladimir Sukachev, François Gagnepain, Alister Hardy, and Maxwell T. Masters. After him are Charles Sibley, Edward Lhuyd, Ivan Lepyokhin, Édouard Louis Trouessart, Janet Rowley, and John Hutton Balfour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, William T. Stearn ranks 349Before him are Kristian Henriksen, Eduard Kainberger, Imre Rajczy, Matti Lähde, Jean Brichaut, and Ann Doran. After him are Gardner Fox, Marie Kraja, Basil Dearden, Momčilo Đokić, Phil Silvers, and Milan Stojanović. Among people deceased in 2001, William T. Stearn ranks 283Before him are Andreas Kupfer, Zoltán Nemere, Ann Sothern, Mohammad Rabbani, Otto Stuppacher, and Cássia Eller. After him are Les Brown, Marita Petersen, Tatyana Averina, Michael Ritchie, Josef Peters, and Michael Dertouzos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 4,830 out of 8,785Before him are John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Laura Haddock (1985), Daniel Harding (1975), Stanley Sadie (1930), Graham Poll (1963), and Eric Dier (1994). After him are Hubert Gough (1870), Geoffrey Hughes (1944), Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886), Lynne Frederick (1954), Neil Innes (1944), and Henry Lawes (1595).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 156Before him are Nigel Marven (1960), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Irene Manton (1904), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Alister Hardy (1896), and Maxwell T. Masters (1833). After him are Edward Lhuyd (1660), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), Archibald Menzies (1754), Sarah Gilbert (1962), and Gilbert White (1720).