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Benjamin Smith Barton

1766 - 1815

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Benjamin Smith Barton (February 10, 1766 – December 19, 1815) was an American botanist, naturalist, and physician. He was one of the first professors of natural history in the United States and built the largest collection of botanical specimens in the country. He wrote the first American textbook on botany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benjamin Smith Barton is the 895th most popular biologist (down from 883rd in 2019), the 7,810th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,429th in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 895 out of 1,097. Before him are Tokiharu Abe, Peter Ascanius, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Paul Henri Lecomte, Frederic Clements, and Hugh Edwin Strickland. After him are Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, Ángel Cabrera, Alfred G. Knudson, Marmaduke Tunstall, Otto Bütschli, and Johannes Schmidt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 35. Before him are John Leslie, Samuel Wilson, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Jacob Perkins, and William Townsend Aiton. After him are Isaac D'Israeli, and Aaron Alexandre. Among people deceased in 1815, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 33. Before him are Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, William Roxburgh, Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, and Jakub Jan Ryba. After him are George Montagu, Thomas Picton, and Peter the Aleut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 7,812 out of 20,380. Before him are George Finnegan (1881), Frederic Clements (1874), Tony Gilroy (1956), Robert Chartoff (1933), Kim Dickens (1965), and Alberta Hunter (1895). After him are Tim Howard (1979), Michael Behe (1952), Joyce Van Patten (1934), Annie Wersching (1977), Thelma Todd (1906), and Ann Druyan (1949).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Benjamin Smith Barton ranks 125. Before him are John Kunkel Small (1869), George Ord (1781), Paul R. Ehrlich (1932), Wilfred Hudson Osgood (1875), Liberty Hyde Bailey (1858), and Frederic Clements (1874). After him are Alfred G. Knudson (1922), Sereno Watson (1826), Joseph Banks Rhine (1895), Stanley Norman Cohen (1935), Janet Rowley (1925), and Barry Commoner (1917).

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