BIOLOGIST

William Yarrell

1784 - 1856

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William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work. Yarrell is best known as the author of A History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and A History of British Birds featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Yarrell has received more than 44,823 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). William Yarrell is the 903rd most popular biologist (down from 873rd in 2019), the 4,412th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,579th in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Yarrell ranks 903 out of 1,097. Before him are Otto Bütschli, Wilhem de Haan, Francis Willughby, Thomas Say, Robert Morison, and Thomas Hardwicke. After him are Sereno Watson, Thomas Nuttall, Ruth Patrick, Colin Munro MacLeod, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, and Ann Bishop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, William Yarrell ranks 48. Before him are Joseph Bové, Charles Dupin, José Tadeo Monagas, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, José María Pérez de Urdininea, and Juan Mora Fernández. After him are Leigh Hunt, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. Among people deceased in 1856, William Yarrell ranks 52. Before him are Ivan Kireyevsky, Johan August Wahlberg, Joseph Meyer, Frederick William Beechey, John M. Clayton, and Nicaise Auguste Desvaux. After him are Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Thomas Doughty, John Eaton, George Don, and John M. Berrien.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 4,412 out of 8,785. Before him are Sarah Douglas (1952), George E. P. Box (1919), Victor Johnson (1883), Æthelwold of Winchester (900), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), and Chris Thomas (1947). After him are James Collinson (1825), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), John Morton (1420), Maud Gonne (1866), Gavin Bryars (1943), and Thomas Nuttall (1786).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 138. Before him are Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), David Goodall (1914), Francis Willughby (1635), and Robert Morison (1620). After him are Thomas Nuttall (1786), Ann Bishop (1899), Mark Catesby (1683), Edward Newton (1832), William Sherard (1659), and Richard Thomas Lowe (1802).

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