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Edward Bagnall Poulton

1856 - 1943

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Sir Edward Bagnall Poulton, FRS HFRSE FLS (27 January 1856 – 20 November 1943) was a British evolutionary biologist, a lifelong advocate of natural selection through a period in which many scientists such as Reginald Punnett doubted its importance. He invented the term sympatric for evolution of species in the same place, and in his book The Colours of Animals (1890) was the first to recognise frequency-dependent selection. He is remembered for his pioneering work on animal coloration and camouflage, and in particular for inventing the term aposematism for warning coloration. He became Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford in 1893. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Bagnall Poulton is the 919th most popular biologist (up from 1,061st in 2019), the 4,202nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,162nd in 2019) and the 149th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Edward Bagnall Poulton ranks 919 out of 1,097. Before him are Janet Rowley, François Gagnepain, Robert Wight, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Joshua Brookes, and Jan Sztolcman. After him are Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Thomas Thomson, Gaston Bonnier, Yang Zhongjian, Barry Commoner, and Mary Katharine Brandegee.

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Among people born in 1856, Edward Bagnall Poulton ranks 114. Before him are James Buchanan Duke, Paul Henri Lecomte, Anton Aškerc, Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, and Yuly Shokalsky. After him are Kenyon Cox, Vernon Lee, Orville Gibson, Karolina Widerström, Jinzō Matsumura, and Belisario Porras Barahona. Among people deceased in 1943, Edward Bagnall Poulton ranks 195. Before him are Akilles Järvinen, Gisela Januszewska, Alice Tegnér, Wilhelm Geiger, Oswald Teichmüller, and Robert W. Paul. After him are Betty Nansen, Rupert Julian, Oskar Messter, George Underwood, Georges Tainturier, and Ladislav Vácha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Bagnall Poulton ranks 4,203 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Robert Cockerell (1788), Demis Hassabis (1976), David Piper (1930), Antony Gormley (1950), Emma Thomas (1971), and Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird (1847). After him are Peter Lorimer (1946), Thomas Campion (1567), Conleth Hill (1964), Alan Baddeley (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), and Kris Marshall (1973).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Edward Bagnall Poulton ranks 149. Before him are Joseph Barcroft (1872), Keith Campbell (1954), Jenny Clack (1947), Edward Newton (1832), Robert Wight (1796), and G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903). After him are Thomas Thomson (1817), Thomas Pennant (1726), George Edwards (1694), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Mark Catesby (1683), and William Yarrell (1784).

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