Biolog

David Don

1799 - 1841

David Don

David Don was a biolog born in 1799 in , which is now part of modern day Forfar, United Kingdom. David Don died at 42 years old in NaN.

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. David Don is the 770th most popular biolog (down from 641st in 2024), the 3,486th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,106th in 2019) and the 112th most popular British Biolog.

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Among Biologs

Among biologs, David Don ranks 770 out of 1,097. Before him are John Ellis, George Prideaux Robert Harris, Hwang Woo-suk, Wilhelm Weinberg, Otto von Münchhausen, and Emmanuel Drake del Castillo. After him are Robert Ridgway, C. B. van Niel, Mary F. Lyon, Richard Wettstein, Herbert Copeland, and Édouard Spach.

Most Popular Biologs in Wikipedia

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John Ellis
1710 - 1776
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 764
George Prideaux Robert Harris
1775 - 1810
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 765
Hwang Woo-suk
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 766
Wilhelm Weinberg
1862 - 1937
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 767
Otto von Münchhausen
1716 - 1774
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 768
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo
1855 - 1904
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 769
David Don
1799 - 1841
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 770
Robert Ridgway
1850 - 1929
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 771
C. B. van Niel
1897 - 1985
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 772
Mary F. Lyon
1925 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 773
Richard Wettstein
1863 - 1931
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 774
Herbert Copeland
1902 - 1968
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 775
Édouard Spach
1801 - 1879
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 776

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, David Don ranks 47. Before him are Petrache Poenaru, Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Robert von Mohl, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Eliza Acton, and Fyodor Bruni. After him are Heinrich von Gagern, Nathaniel Palmer, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, George Finlay, František Čelakovský, and Frederick Catherwood. Among people deceased in 1841, David Don ranks 39. Before him are Alessandro Rolla, Louis de Freycinet, Ignaz von Seyfried, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, and Georg Anton Friedrich Ast. After him are Alexander Burnes, Jørgen Jørgensen, David Wilkie, Alexander Shishkov, Francis Leggatt Chantrey, and Astley Cooper.

Others Born in 1799

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Petrache Poenaru
INVENTOR
1799 - 1875
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 41
Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau
POLITICIAN
1799 - 1864
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 42
Robert von Mohl
POLITICIAN
1799 - 1875
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 43
Heinrich von Kittlitz
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1874
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 44
Eliza Acton
WRITER
1799 - 1859
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 45
Fyodor Bruni
PAINTER
1799 - 1875
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 46
David Don
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1841
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 47
Heinrich von Gagern
POLITICIAN
1799 - 1880
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 48
Nathaniel Palmer
EXPLORER
1799 - 1877
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 49
Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville
BIOLOGIST
1799 - 1874
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 50
George Finlay
HISTORIAN
1799 - 1875
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 51
František Čelakovský
WRITER
1799 - 1852
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 52
Frederick Catherwood
ARCHITECT
1799 - 1854
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 53