1766 - 1849
William Townsend Aiton FRHS FLS (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 23,416 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Townsend Aiton is the 717th most popular biologist (down from 649th in 2019), the 3,603rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,172nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Biologist.
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Among biologists, William Townsend Aiton ranks 717 out of 841. Before him are Karl Patterson Schmidt, David Keilin, Anton Reichenow, Wilhelm Hofmeister, Ray Lankester, and Francisco Manuel Blanco. After him are François Marie Daudin, Ernst Ahl, Mary F. Lyon, Thomas Bell, Émil Goeldi, and Katsuko Saruhashi.
1890 - 1957
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 711
1887 - 1963
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 712
1847 - 1941
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 713
1824 - 1877
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 714
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 715
1778 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 716
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 717
1776 - 1803
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 718
1898 - 1945
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 719
1925 - 2014
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 720
1792 - 1880
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 721
1859 - 1917
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 722
1920 - 2007
HPI: 46.05
Rank: 723
Among people born in 1766, William Townsend Aiton ranks 32. Before him are Joseph Weigl, Samuel Frederick Gray, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Benjamin Smith Barton, John Farey Sr., and Wilhelm Hisinger. After him are Alexander Wilson and Isaac D'Israeli. Among people deceased in 1849, William Townsend Aiton ranks 53. Before him are Filippo Paulucci, Marc Isambard Brunel, Mariano Paredes, Maria Edgeworth, William Etty, and Edward Hicks. After him are José María Carreño, Albert Gallatin, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.
1766 - 1846
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 26
1766 - 1828
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 27
1766 - 1839
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 28
1766 - 1815
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 29
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 30
1766 - 1852
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 31
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 32
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 33
1766 - 1848
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 34
1779 - 1849
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 47
1769 - 1849
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 48
1797 - 1849
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 49
1768 - 1849
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 50
1787 - 1849
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 51
1780 - 1849
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 52
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 53
1792 - 1849
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 54
1761 - 1849
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 55
1775 - 1849
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 56
1784 - 1849
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 57
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Townsend Aiton ranks 3,603 out of 7,765. Before him are John Lyons (1932), Cædmon (657), Jonathan Coe (1961), Ray Lankester (1847), George Coulouris (1903), and Reginald Owen (1887). After him are George Larner (1875), Peter Whitehead (1914), Niall Ferguson (1964), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), Hanif Kureishi (1954), and Geoff Nicholls (1948).
1932 - 2020
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,597
657 - 680
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,598
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 3,599
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 3,600
1903 - 1989
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 3,601
1887 - 1972
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 3,602
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 3,603
1875 - 1949
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 3,604
1914 - 1958
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 3,605
1964 - Present
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 3,606
1734 - 1793
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 3,607
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 3,608
1948 - 2017
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 3,609
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Townsend Aiton ranks 98. Before him are Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), William Elford Leach (1791), N. E. Brown (1849), William Thomas Blanford (1832), and Ray Lankester (1847). After him are Mary F. Lyon (1925), Thomas Bell (1792), John Gerard (1545), Francis Willughby (1635), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), and James Sowerby (1757).
1803 - 1889
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 92
1809 - 1870
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 93
1791 - 1836
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 94
1849 - 1934
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 95
1832 - 1905
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 96
1847 - 1929
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 97
1766 - 1849
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 98
1925 - 2014
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 99
1792 - 1880
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 100
1545 - 1612
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 101
1635 - 1672
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 102
1802 - 1874
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 103
1757 - 1822
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 104