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Bryan Sykes

1947 - 2020

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Bryan Clifford Sykes (9 September 1947 – 10 December 2020) was a British geneticist and science writer who was a Fellow of Wolfson College and Emeritus Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Oxford. Sykes published the first report on retrieving DNA from ancient bone (Nature, 1989). He was involved in a number of high-profile cases dealing with ancient DNA, including that of Ötzi the Iceman. He also suggested a US accountant named Tom Robinson was a direct descendant of Genghis Khan, a claim that was subsequently disproved. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bryan Sykes is the 1,042nd most popular biologist (down from 995th in 2019), the 5,602nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,160th in 2019) and the 185th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Bryan Sykes ranks 1,042 out of 1,097. Before him are Ethelwynn Trewavas, E. B. Ford, Peter Duesberg, Lucy Shapiro, Asuman Baytop, and Francis Walker. After him are Timothy Ray Brown, Peter Watts, Margaret Morse Nice, Ronald M. Evans, William Forsell Kirby, and Paul Sereno.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Bryan Sykes ranks 803. Before him are Stephen R. Donaldson, Gilles Duceppe, Stuart Baird, Juan Sol, George Alec Effinger, and Moses Nagamootoo. After him are Tom Carper, Sándor Erdős, Bob Lutz, Reno Olsen, Finn Tveter, and Mamadu Ture Kuruma. Among people deceased in 2020, Bryan Sykes ranks 724. Before him are Kumiko Okae, Juan Sol, Bob Kulick, Ann Reinking, Pau Donés, and Aurlus Mabélé. After him are Ahmed Radhi, Timothy Ray Brown, Diana Serra Cary, Enrique Múgica, Haruma Miura, and Karel Neffe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Bryan Sykes ranks 5,604 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Sumner (1955), Alan Garner (1934), Rebecca Ferguson (1986), Dennis Poore (1916), Anna Friel (1976), and Viv Anderson (1956). After him are Hamish Harding (1964), Susan Bassnett (1945), Stuart Pearce (1962), Henry De la Beche (1796), Wendy Barrie (1912), and Malcolm Bradbury (1932).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Bryan Sykes ranks 185. Before him are Karl Shuker (1959), Richard Meinertzhagen (1878), Philippa Marrack (1945), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), E. B. Ford (1901), and Francis Walker (1809). After him are William Forsell Kirby (1844), Francis Maitland Balfour (1851), Steve Jones (1944), George Don (1798), and David Bellamy (1933).

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