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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 an occupation 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 135,758 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William T. Stearn is the 826th most popular biologist (down from 818th in 2019), the 4,215th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,842nd in 2019) and the 131st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William T. Stearn ranks 826 out of 841. Before him are Paul Henri Lecomte, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, William Roxburgh, Henry Baker, Christian Friedrich Ecklon, and Max Fürbringer. After him are Tokiharu Abe, Vladimir Sukachev, Auguste Duméril, Johann Gottfried Zinn, Erwin Stresemann, and Mary Katharine Brandegee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, William T. Stearn ranks 297. Before him are Edgar Sanabria, Heinrich Mark, Philibert Smellinckx, Ashok Kumar, André Saeys, and Gypsy Rose Lee. After him are Tokiharu Abe, Bibi Torriani, Wilhelm Leichum, Sonny Terry, Johan van Hulst, and Sten Suvio. Among people deceased in 2001, William T. Stearn ranks 242. Before him are Frans De Mulder, Ashok Kumar, Josef Peters, Carroll O'Connor, Ann Sothern, and Dipendra of Nepal. After him are Chantal Chaudé de Silans, Stepas Butautas, Betty Ong, Harry Winter, Kurt Hoffmann, and Kim Stanley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 4,215 out of 7,765. Before him are George Hillyard (1864), Peter Hall (1930), Bruce Payne (1957), Trevor Francis (1954), Derek Bailey (1930), and John Marston (1576). After him are Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Charles Townshend (1725), John of Worcester (1100), Moira Shearer (1926), Robert Service (1947), and Emily Ratajkowski (1991).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 131. Before him are Robert Morison (1620), Osbert Salvin (1835), John Abbot (1751), William John Swainson (1789), William Roxburgh (1751), and Henry Baker (1698). After him are Keith Campbell (1954), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), Louis Fraser (1810), Prideaux John Selby (1788), Joseph Barcroft (1872), and Mark Catesby (1683).

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