1784 - 1856
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, William Yarrell ranks 874 out of 841. Before 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.
1933 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 868
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 869
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 870
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 871
1837 - 1927
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 872
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 873
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 874
1838 - 1906
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 875
1922 - 2018
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 876
1842 - 1913
HPI: 42.14
Rank: 877
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 878
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 879
1922 - 1975
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 880
Among people born in 1784, William Yarrell ranks 48. Before 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 47. Before 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.
1784 - 1873
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 42
1784 - 1868
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 43
1784 - 1854
HPI: 45.28
Rank: 44
1784 - 1865
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 45
1784 - 1859
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 46
1784 - 1849
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 47
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 48
1796 - 1856
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 41
1806 - 1856
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 42
1796 - 1856
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 43
1796 - 1856
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 44
1789 - 1856
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 45
1785 - 1856
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 46
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 47
1793 - 1856
HPI: 41.95
Rank: 48
1798 - 1856
HPI: 38.47
Rank: 49
1790 - 1856
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 50
1781 - 1856
HPI: 35.39
Rank: 51
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 4,588 out of 7,765. Before 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).
1930 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 4,582
1869 - 1926
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 4,583
1835 - 1924
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 4,584
1934 - 2013
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 4,585
1931 - 1999
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 4,586
1925 - 2018
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 4,587
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 4,588
1996 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 4,589
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 4,590
1999 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 4,591
1934 - 1991
HPI: 42.35
Rank: 4,592
1935 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 4,593
1946 - Present
HPI: 42.34
Rank: 4,594
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Yarrell ranks 144. Before 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).
1720 - 1793
HPI: 42.99
Rank: 138
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 139
1751 - 1815
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 140
1799 - 1834
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 141
1829 - 1915
HPI: 42.49
Rank: 142
1854 - 1934
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 143
1784 - 1856
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 144
1947 - 2020
HPI: 42.05
Rank: 145
1878 - 1943
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 146
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 147
1950 - Present
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 148
1759 - 1850
HPI: 41.77
Rank: 149
1902 - 1985
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 150