BIOLOGIST

William Withering

1741 - 1799

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William Withering FRS (17 March 1741 – 6 October 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis. Withering was born in Wellington, Shropshire, the son of a surgeon. He trained as a physician and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Withering has received more than 137,575 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). William Withering is the 640th most popular biologist (down from 581st in 2019), the 3,100th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,011th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Biologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Withering ranks 640 out of 1,097. Before him are Adrien René Franchet, Nikolay Drozdov, Volcher Coiter, Anna Russell, Michel Félix Dunal, and Alphonse Milne-Edwards. After him are David Don, Charles David Keeling, Everard Home, Karl Hugo Strunz, Petter Adolf Karsten, and Élie-Abel Carrière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, William Withering ranks 25. Before him are Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, José Cadalso, and Franciszek Karpiński. After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Charles Willson Peale, Carl Hindenburg, Sarah Trimmer, John Langdon, and Samuel Chase. Among people deceased in 1799, William Withering ranks 34. Before him are Giuseppe Parini, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Johann Julius Walbaum, William Curtis, Alexander Bezborodko, and Francesco Mario Pagano. After him are Vasily Bazhenov, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and William Paca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 3,100 out of 8,785. Before him are Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (1472), Winston Graham (1908), Johann von Lamont (1805), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), Anthony Andrews (1948), and Frederick Twort (1877). After him are Geoff Duke (1923), Dave Holland (1948), Andrew Marvell (1621), James Arthur (1988), Tom Phillips (1888), and David Don (1799).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 83. Before him are William Elford Leach (1791), Richard Lydekker (1849), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), James Francis Stephens (1792), Ray Lankester (1847), and Anna Russell (1807). After him are David Don (1799), Everard Home (1756), John Sims (1749), William Roxburgh (1751), Reginald Punnett (1875), and N. E. Brown (1849).

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