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Amos Eaton

1776 - 1842

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Amos Eaton (May 17, 1776 – May 10, 1842) was an American botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of classics, theology, lecture, and recitation. Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer School in 1824 with Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life". His books in the eighteenth century were among the first published for which a systematic treatment of the United States was attempted, and in a language that all could read. His teaching laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amos Eaton is the 1,059th most popular biologist (down from 1,006th in 2019), the 12,841st most popular biography from United States (down from 10,957th in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Amos Eaton ranks 1,059 out of 1,097. Before him are Patricia Goldman-Rakic, Francis Maitland Balfour, Angelika Amon, Edward Donovan, Roger Revelle, and Jessica Meir. After him are Austin Stevens, William Bartram, Sidney Dillon Ripley, Irene Pepperberg, Storrs L. Olson, and Rita R. Colwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Amos Eaton ranks 43. Before him are Hirata Atsutane, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Sydney, Lady Morgan, Dániel Berzsenyi, Charles Hamilton Smith, and George M. Bibb.  Among people deceased in 1842, Amos Eaton ranks 43. Before him are Henry Shrapnel, William Ellery Channing, Archibald Menzies, William Hobson, James Barbour, and John Sell Cotman. After him are Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, Chand Kaur, and Daniel Beale.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Amos Eaton ranks 12,845 out of 20,380. Before him are Kelli Williams (1970), Cam Clarke (1957), Annie Dillard (1945), Madeline Zima (1985), Betsey Johnson (1942), and Kathleen Sebelius (1948). After him are David J. Tholen (1955), Michael Romeo (1968), Bobby Rydell (1942), Chad Lindberg (1976), Jake Wesley Rogers (1996), and Rory Culkin (1989).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Amos Eaton ranks 174. Before him are Paul Sereno (1957), Henry Weed Fowler (1878), Christof Koch (1956), Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), Roger Revelle (1909), and Jessica Meir (1977). After him are William Bartram (1739), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Rita R. Colwell (1934), and Eugenie Clark (1922).

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