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Aldo Leopold

1887 - 1948

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Aldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, conservationist, and environmentalist. He was a professor at the University of Wisconsin and is best known for his book A Sand County Almanac (1949), which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold more than two million copies. Leopold was influential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness conservation. His ethics of nature and wildlife preservation had a profound impact on the environmental movement, with his ecocentric or holistic ethics regarding land. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aldo Leopold is the 624th most popular biologist (down from 469th in 2019), the 5,381st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,238th in 2019) and the 88th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Aldo Leopold ranks 624 out of 1,097. Before him are Emil Racoviță, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Euclides da Cunha, Alfred Grandidier, and Ray Lankester. After him are Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Volcher Coiter, Charles David Keeling, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Carl Bolle, and Carl Friedrich von Ledebour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Aldo Leopold ranks 166. Before him are Marc Mitscher, Johann Radon, Anthony van Hoboken, Maria Jeritza, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, and Rupert Brooke. After him are Sigrid Fick, Courtney Hodges, Ernst Toch, Marianne Moore, Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, and Prince Gustav of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1948, Aldo Leopold ranks 122. Before him are Richard von Kühlmann, Louis Lumière, Abraham Brill, Avetis Aharonian, C. Aubrey Smith, and Zhou Fohai. After him are Hulusi Behçet, Leo White, Sylvanus Morley, František Svoboda, Henri Hazebrouck, and Phraya Manopakorn Nititada.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aldo Leopold ranks 5,381 out of 20,380. Before him are Reginald Rose (1920), Kylie Jenner (1997), Helen Kane (1904), Mike Bongiorno (1924), The Godfather (1961), and Strom Thurmond (1902). After him are Charles Barkley (1963), J. J. Johnson (1924), Olivia Wilde (1984), IShowSpeed (2005), Wendi McLendon-Covey (1969), and Tony Danza (1951).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Aldo Leopold ranks 88. Before him are Wilder Penfield (1891), David Starr Jordan (1851), George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), and Joseph Leidy (1823). After him are Charles David Keeling (1928), Charles Horton Peck (1833), Eugene Odum (1913), Walter Sutton (1877), Albert Charles Smith (1906), and Alfred Romer (1894).

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