BIOLOGIST

Birbal Sahni

1891 - 1949

Birbal Sahni

Birbal Sahni FRS (14 November 1891 – 10 April 1949) was an Indian paleobotanist who studied the fossils of the Indian subcontinent. He also took an interest in geology and archaeology. He founded what is now the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany at Lucknow in 1946. His major contributions were in the study of the fossil plants of India and in plant evolution. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Birbal Sahni is the 870th most popular biologist, the 90th most popular biography from Pakistan (down from 88th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Pakistani Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Birbal Sahni ranks 870 out of 1,097. Before him are David Ho, Thomas Campbell Eyton, Adriana Hoffmann, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Filippo Parlatore, and Édouard Ménétries. After him are Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Hermann Harms, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Reginald Punnett, Charles Wyville Thomson, and Édouard Louis Trouessart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Birbal Sahni ranks 228. Before him are Jan Wils, Fritz Rasp, Tullio Bozza, Sidney Howard, Camille Mandrillon, and Charley Toorop. After him are Dmitry Furmanov, Karel Petrů, Paolo Salvi, Nikolai Golovanov, Anton Grasser, and Béla von Kehrling. Among people deceased in 1949, Birbal Sahni ranks 144. Before him are Lou Tseng-Tsiang, Nikolai Semashko, Sevasti Qiriazi, Jean-Pierre Wimille, Ezio Loik, and Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols. After him are Paul Chocque, Karel Petrů, Henry Slocum, Nils Östensson, Henry Petersen, and Claes Johanson.

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Jan Wils
ARCHITECT
1891 - 1972
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 222
Fritz Rasp
ACTOR
1891 - 1976
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 223
Tullio Bozza
ATHLETE
1891 - 1922
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 224
Sidney Howard
WRITER
1891 - 1939
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 225
Camille Mandrillon
ATHLETE
1891 - 1969
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 226
Charley Toorop
PAINTER
1891 - 1955
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 227
Birbal Sahni
BIOLOGIST
1891 - 1949
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 228
Dmitry Furmanov
WRITER
1891 - 1926
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 229
Karel Petrů
COACH
1891 - 1949
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 230
Paolo Salvi
GYMNAST
1891 - 1945
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 231
Nikolai Golovanov
CONDUCTOR
1891 - 1953
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 232
Anton Grasser
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1891 - 1976
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 233
Béla von Kehrling
TENNIS PLAYER
1891 - 1937
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 234

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Lou Tseng-Tsiang
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1949
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 138
Nikolai Semashko
PHYSICIAN
1874 - 1949
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 139
Sevasti Qiriazi
WRITER
1871 - 1949
HPI: 56.15
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Jean-Pierre Wimille
RACING DRIVER
1908 - 1949
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 141
Ezio Loik
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1949
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 142
Francesca Bonnemaison i Farriols
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1949
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 143
Birbal Sahni
BIOLOGIST
1891 - 1949
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 144
Paul Chocque
CYCLIST
1910 - 1949
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 145
Karel Petrů
COACH
1891 - 1949
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 146
Henry Slocum
TENNIS PLAYER
1862 - 1949
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 147
Nils Östensson
SKIER
1918 - 1949
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 148
Henry Petersen
ATHLETE
1900 - 1949
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 149
Claes Johanson
WRESTLER
1884 - 1949
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 150