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Agnes Arber

1879 - 1960

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Agnes Arber FRS (née Robertson; 23 February 1879 – 22 March 1960) was a British plant morphologist and anatomist, historian of botany and philosopher of biology. She was born in London but lived most of her life in Cambridge, including the last 51 years of her life. She was the first woman botanist to be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society (21 March 1946, at the age of 67) and the third woman overall. She was the first woman to receive the Gold Medal of the Linnean Society of London. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Agnes Arber is the 295th most popular historian (up from 399th in 2019), the 2,765th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,396th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Agnes Arber ranks 295 out of 561. Before her are Stéphane Courtois, Wilhelm von Bode, Yahya of Antioch, Juan de Mariana, Marin Drinov, and Quentin Skinner. After her are Lyubomir Miletich, Gerald of Wales, Vardan Areveltsi, Ubbo Emmius, Marc Ferro, and Tom Segev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Agnes Arber ranks 132. Before her are Petros Persakis, Ellen Gleditsch, Clemente Micara, Leonid Mandelstam, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, and Wallace Stevens. After her are Ion G. Duca, José Millán-Astray, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Harry Kerr, Thành Thái, and Richárd Weisz. Among people deceased in 1960, Agnes Arber ranks 116. Before her are Eduard Pütsep, Yury Olesha, Joseph Vendryes, Friedrich Kirchner, Melvin Purvis, and Knud Enemark Jensen. After her are Dmitry Gulia, Nima Yooshij, Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke, Toyohiko Kagawa, Margaret Sullavan, and Joseph Wendel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Agnes Arber ranks 2,766 out of 8,785. Before her are Joseph Raphson (1648), Asser (900), Iain Banks (1954), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Paul Hunter (1978), and Bob Peck (1945). After her are Marion Chesney (1936), Arthur Wynne (1871), William Stukeley (1687), Phil Read (1939), Gerald of Wales (1146), and Steve Jackson (1951).

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Among HISTORIANS In United Kingdom

Among historians born in United Kingdom, Agnes Arber ranks 29. Before her are Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1928), A. H. M. Jones (1904), John Foxe (1516), Timothy Garton Ash (1955), George Buchanan (1506), and Quentin Skinner (1940). After her are Gerald of Wales (1146), Paul Kennedy (1945), Christopher Hill (1912), A. J. P. Taylor (1906), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), and Edward Granville Browne (1862).

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