Biologist

William Townsend Aiton

English botanist

1766 - 1849

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William Townsend Aiton

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Townsend Aiton is the 892nd most popular biologist (down from 798th in 2024), the 4,037th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,901st in 2019) and the 139th most popular British Biologist.

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William Townsend Aiton's biography spans 15 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 55.51.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, William Townsend Aiton ranks 892 out of 1,121. Before him are Henry Baker, Flossie Wong-Staal, Charles Tate Regan, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Thomas Andrew Knight, and Jakob Emanuel Lange. After him are Tokiharu Abe, Peter Ascanius, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Paul Henri Lecomte, Frederic Clements, and Hugh Edwin Strickland.

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William Townsend Aiton
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HPI: 55.51
Rank: 892
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HPI: 55.48
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HPI: 55.47
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HPI: 55.44
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HPI: 55.40
Rank: 897
Hugh Edwin Strickland
1811 - 1853
HPI: 55.39
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, William Townsend Aiton ranks 34. Before him are Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, John Leslie, Samuel Wilson, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and Jacob Perkins. After him are Benjamin Smith Barton, Isaac D'Israeli, and Aaron Alexandre. Among people deceased in 1849, William Townsend Aiton ranks 59. Before him are Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch, Jacob Perkins, Albert Gallatin, Filippo Paulucci, Mariano Paredes, and Ján Hollý. After him are José María Carreño, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Edward Hicks, George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland, and Charlotte von Ahlefeld.

Others Born in 1766

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Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases
POLITICIAN
1766 - 1842
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 28
John Leslie
PHYSICIST
1766 - 1832
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 29
Samuel Wilson
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1766 - 1854
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 30
Guillaume Philibert Duhesme
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1766 - 1815
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 31
Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg
BIOLOGIST
1766 - 1849
HPI: 58.61
Rank: 32
Jacob Perkins
INVENTOR
1766 - 1849
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 33
William Townsend Aiton
BIOLOGIST
1766 - 1849
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 34
Benjamin Smith Barton
BIOLOGIST
1766 - 1815
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 35
Isaac D'Israeli
WRITER
1766 - 1848
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 36
Aaron Alexandre
CHESS PLAYER
1766 - 1850
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 37

Others Deceased in 1849

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Wilhelm Daniel Joseph Koch
PHYSICIAN
1771 - 1849
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 53
Jacob Perkins
INVENTOR
1766 - 1849
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 54
Albert Gallatin
POLITICIAN
1761 - 1849
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 55
Filippo Paulucci
NOBLEMAN
1779 - 1849
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 56
Mariano Paredes
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1849
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 57
Ján Hollý
WRITER
1785 - 1849
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 58
William Townsend Aiton
BIOLOGIST
1766 - 1849
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 59
José María Carreño
POLITICIAN
1792 - 1849
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 60
Francisco Ramón Vicuña
POLITICIAN
1775 - 1849
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 61
Edward Hicks
PAINTER
1780 - 1849
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 62
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1849
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 63
Charlotte von Ahlefeld
WRITER
1781 - 1849
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 64