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William Turner

1510 - 1568

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William Turner (1509/10 – 13 July 1568) was an English divine and reformer, a physician and a natural historian. He has been called “the father of English botany”. He studied medicine in Italy, and was a friend of the great Swiss naturalist, Conrad Gessner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Turner has received more than 71,016 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Turner is the 488th most popular physician (down from 435th in 2019), the 2,779th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,519th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 71k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, William Turner ranks 488 out of 726. Before him are Nicolás Monardes, Rutherford Alcock, Wim Eijk, Karin Büttner-Janz, Carl Lange, and Kyusaku Ogino. After him are Willem Johan Kolff, Guy Patin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Zofia Zamenhof, James Paget, and Sergey Botkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, William Turner ranks 35. Before him are Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Simão Rodrigues, Bonaventure des Périers, Wan Hu, and Martynas Mažvydas. After him are Levina Teerlinc, Islam Shah Suri, Roy Mata, and Gáspár Heltai. Among people deceased in 1568, William Turner ranks 19. Before him are Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Gaspar Becerra, Ashikaga Yoshihide, Garcia de Orta, Lady Katherine Grey, and Anna Maria of Brunswick-Calenberg-Göttingen. After him is Roger Ascham.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 2,779 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Smith (1797), Henry of Scotland (1115), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Sally Potter (1949), Lennie James (1965), and Ray Davies (1944). After him are Spencer Gore (1850), Edward Braddock (1695), John Taylor (1933), Mother Shipton (1488), Mary Ure (1933), and Laura Ashley (1925).

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Among PHYSICIANS In United Kingdom

Among physicians born in United Kingdom, William Turner ranks 41. Before him are Harry Seeley (1839), Robert Liston (1794), John Crawfurd (1783), James Young Simpson (1811), Richard Bright (1789), and Rutherford Alcock (1809). After him are James Paget (1814), Ernest Starling (1866), Robert Knox (1791), Anthony Carlisle (1768), Frederick Twort (1877), and Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899).

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