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Dru Drury

1725 - 1804

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Dru Drury (4 February 1725 – 15 January 1804) was a British collector of natural history specimens and an entomologist. He received specimens collected from across the world through a network of ship's officers and collectors including Henry Smeathman. His collections were utilized by many entomologists of his time to describe and name new species and he is best known for his book Illustrations of natural history which includes the names and descriptions of many insects, published in parts from 1770 to 1782 with most of the copperplate engravings done by Moses Harris. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dru Drury is the 16,214th most popular politician (up from 17,151st in 2019), the 4,715th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,484th in 2019) and the 577th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Dru Drury ranks 16,214 out of 19,576. Before him are Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, Muhammadu Maccido, Sicard of Benevento, Elephenor, and Askar Mamin. After him are Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Little Crow, Akylbek Japarov, Müfide İlhan, Sam Matekane, and Pete Wilson.

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Among people born in 1725, Dru Drury ranks 34. Before him are Charles Townshend, George Mason, Ivan Osterman, Paul Sandby, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and John Morton. After him is William Duesbury. Among people deceased in 1804, Dru Drury ranks 32. Before him are Philippe LeBon, Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Sultan bin Ahmad, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Aagje Deken, and Betje Wolff. After him are Philip Schuyler, and George Walton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Dru Drury ranks 4,716 out of 8,785. Before him are Heather Harper (1930), Stan Mortensen (1921), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Joanna Pettet (1942), Curt Smith (1961), and Humphrey Carpenter (1946). After him are Thomas Brisbane (1773), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Christian Coulson (1978), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Madge Adam (1912), and Anne McLaren (1927).

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Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Dru Drury ranks 577. Before him are Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), John Prescott (1938), Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), and Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768). After him are Owain Gwynedd (1100), James McHenry (1753), Des Browne (1952), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), and Aneurin Bevan (1897).

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