BIOLOGIST

William Townsend Aiton

1766 - 1849

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William Townsend Aiton (2 February 1766 – 9 October 1849) was an English botanist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Townsend Aiton has received more than 26,000 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Townsend Aiton is the 798th most popular biologist (down from 716th in 2019), the 3,902nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,595th in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Townsend Aiton ranks 798 out of 1,097. Before him are Karel Domin, Alfred Romer, Thomas Andrew Knight, Amalie Dietrich, Mary Elizabeth Barber, and Jacques Miller. After him are Francisco Manuel Blanco, Jean Baptiste Boisduval, Marie-Anne Libert, Robert Trivers, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, and Alec Jeffreys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, William Townsend Aiton ranks 33. Before him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Jacob Perkins, Wilhelm Hisinger, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and John Farey Sr.. After him are Benjamin Smith Barton, Isaac D'Israeli, Aaron Alexandre, and Alexander Wilson. Among people deceased in 1849, William Townsend Aiton ranks 62. Before him are Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, José María Carreño, Albert Gallatin, Ján Hollý, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and Francisco Ramón Vicuña. After him are Edward Hicks, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Townsend Aiton ranks 3,902 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Owen (1972), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), George Williams (1821), David McKee (1935), Charles Bennett (1870), and John Taylor (1960). After him are Guy Butler (1899), Mary Adela Blagg (1858), Archibald Geikie (1835), Richard Attwood (1940), Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey (1880), and David Jason (1940).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Townsend Aiton ranks 110. Before him are Albert Bruce Jackson (1876), James Sowerby (1757), William Thomas Blanford (1832), Henry Baker (1698), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), and Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818). After him are Alec Jeffreys (1950), Thomas Thomson (1817), George Edwards (1694), William Hemsley (1843), Herbert Giles (1845), and Sydney Parkinson (1745).

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