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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 129,943 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). William Withering is the 582nd most popular biologist (down from 580th in 2019), the 3,019th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,850th in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Withering ranks 582 out of 841. Before him are Johan August Wahlberg, Amotz Zahavi, Asa Gray, Émile Duclaux, Johannes Burman, and Francisco J. Ayala. After him are Johann Friedrich Naumann, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Franz Unger, Gerrit Smith Miller, Ignaz Schiffermüller, and Fritz Schaudinn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, William Withering ranks 23. Before him are Augustin Barruel, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Ivan Gudovich, and José Cadalso. After him are Franciszek Karpiński, Aagje Deken, Charles Willson Peale, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, Samuel Chase, and John Langdon. Among people deceased in 1799, William Withering ranks 34. Before him are Johann Hedwig, Giuseppe Parini, Francesco Mario Pagano, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, and Johann Julius Walbaum. After him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Vasily Bazhenov, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, and William Paca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 3,019 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Addy (1964), Tom Phillips (1888), Warren Clarke (1947), Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (1593), Michael Tippett (1905), and Robert Lindsay (1890). After him are Denny Laine (1944), Benjamin Jones (1882), Wyndham Halswelle (1882), Ron Atkinson (1939), Katherine Waterston (1980), and Richard of Chichester (1197).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 78. Before him are Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), John Gilbert Baker (1834), John Anderson (1833), and Anne McLaren (1927). After him are Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Everard Home (1756), William John Burchell (1781), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), and Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818).

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