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Arthur Tansley

1871 - 1955

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Sir Arthur George Tansley FLS, FRS (15 August 1871 – 25 November 1955) was an English botanist and a pioneer in the science of ecology. Educated at Highgate School, University College London and Trinity College, Cambridge, Tansley taught at these universities and at Oxford, where he served as Sherardian Professor of Botany until his retirement in 1937. Tansley founded the New Phytologist in 1902 and served as its editor until 1931. He was a pioneer of the science of ecology in Britain, being heavily influenced by the work of Danish botanist Eugenius Warming, and introduced the concept of the ecosystem into biology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Tansley is the 413th most popular biologist (down from 363rd in 2019), the 2,115th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,919th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Arthur Tansley ranks 413 out of 1,097. Before him are Georg August Goldfuss, Auguste Chevalier, Philibert Commerson, Achille Valenciennes, Pierre Magnol, and Eugène Simon. After him are John Needham, Alexander Braun, Heinrich Boie, George Albert Boulenger, Carl Hagenbeck, and Adolf Mayer.

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Among people born in 1871, Arthur Tansley ranks 66. Before him are Camille Huysmans, Friedrich Akel, Wilhelm Stenhammar, William Heard Kilpatrick, Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe, and Dame Gruev. After him are Claus Schilling, Leonidas Pyrgos, Wilhelm von Mirbach, Nándor Dáni, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, and Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. Among people deceased in 1955, Arthur Tansley ranks 72. Before him are Emmett Till, Antanas Merkys, Robert W. Wood, Reiner Stahel, Louis Lachenal, and Carl Milles. After him are Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Alexandrina of Balazar, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hubert Cecil Booth, and H. J. R. Murray.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tansley ranks 2,115 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian Hill (1952), Dido (1971), Laurence Doherty (1875), Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Lilian Harvey (1906), and Barbara West (1911). After him are Alan Wilder (1959), Hannah Chaplin (1865), Paul Gascoigne (1967), Robert Darwin (1766), Tony Sheridan (1940), and Peter Lawford (1923).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Arthur Tansley ranks 65. Before him are David Douglas (1799), John Maynard Smith (1920), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Matt Ridley (1958), William Elford Leach (1791), and June Almeida (1930). After him are John Needham (1713), Andrew Smith (1797), Roderick Murchison (1792), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), John Stevens Henslow (1796), and Alexander Wilson (1766).

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