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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. 1845, third ed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Yarrell has received more than 42,339 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Yarrell is the 874th most popular biologist (down from 775th in 2019), the 4,588th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,129th in 2019) and the 144th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Yarrell ranks 874 out of 841Before him are John Hopfield, David Douglas, Charles Walter De Vis, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Georg Ossian Sars, and John Belchier. After him are Walter Buller, Warwick Estevam Kerr, Robert Collett, Bryan Sykes, Charles Tate Regan, and George R. Price.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, William Yarrell ranks 48Before him are Charles Dupin, José Tadeo Monagas, Juan Mora Fernández, José María Pérez de Urdininea, Leigh Hunt, and George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland.  Among people deceased in 1856, William Yarrell ranks 47Before him are Frederick William Beechey, Ivan Kireyevsky, John M. Clayton, Joseph Meyer, Michel Félix Dunal, and Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge. After him are Thomas Doughty, George Don, John Eaton, and John M. Berrien.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 4,588 out of 7,765Before him are Douglas Hurd (1930), Bernard Pyne Grenfell (1869), Archibald Geikie (1835), Richard Briers (1934), Anthony Newley (1931), and Anne V. Coates (1925). After him are Dele Alli (1996), Terry George (1952), Lando Norris (1999), Tom Bridger (1934), Susan Cooper (1935), and Ramsey Campbell (1946).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 144Before him are Gilbert White (1720), Alister Hardy (1896), George Montagu (1751), David Douglas (1799), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), and Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854). After him are Bryan Sykes (1947), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Alec Jeffreys (1950), William Kirby (1759), and Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902).