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Asa Gray

1810 - 1888

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Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His Darwiniana (1876) was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually exclusive. Gray was adamant that a genetic connection must exist between all members of a species. He was also strongly opposed to the ideas of hybridization within one generation and special creation in the sense of its not allowing for evolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asa Gray is the 426th most popular biologist (down from 194th in 2019), the 3,713th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,778th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Asa Gray ranks 426 out of 1,097. Before him are Martha Chase, James P. Allison, Joseph Gaertner, Göran Wahlenberg, Blasius Merrem, and Pieter Bleeker. After him are Karl Eichwald, Andrew Smith, Abraham Trembley, Ivan Martinov, Paul Gervais, and Wilhelm Roux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Asa Gray ranks 40. Before him are Pierre Edmond Boissier, Hans Christian Lumbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, Oliver Winchester, and Karel Hynek Mácha. After him are Peter Andreas Munch, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Christen Købke, Alexandre Calame, Norbert Burgmüller, and Stanko Vraz. Among people deceased in 1888, Asa Gray ranks 49. Before him are Jean-Delphin Alard, Eugène Marin Labiche, Heinrich Anton de Bary, Philip Sheridan, Henri Herz, and Mikhail Loris-Melikov. After him are Samson Raphael Hirsch, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, Laurence Oliphant, Stephen Heller, Raffi, and Victoria Benedictsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Asa Gray ranks 3,713 out of 20,380. Before him are Harry Hopkins (1890), Richard Conte (1910), William Peter Blatty (1928), Steve Kanaly (1946), Clifford Brown (1930), and Celeste Holm (1917). After him are Anne Meara (1929), Nikki Reed (1988), Nick Castle (1947), Charlie Hickcox (1947), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), and Philip Showalter Hench (1896).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Asa Gray ranks 74. Before him are Frank Chapman (1864), Esther Lederberg (1922), James Bond (1900), Harold E. Varmus (1939), Martha Chase (1927), and James P. Allison (1948). After him are Arthur Cronquist (1919), Robert Weinberg (1942), Robert Gallo (1937), Luther Burbank (1849), Sewall Wright (1889), and Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863).

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