BIOLOGIST
Edward Blyth
1810 - 1873

Edward Blyth
Edward Blyth (23 December 1810 – 27 December 1873) was an English zoologist who worked for most of his life in India as a curator of zoology at the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal in Calcutta. He set about updating the museum's catalogues, publishing a Catalogue of the Birds of the Asiatic Society in 1849. He was prevented from doing much fieldwork himself, but received and described bird specimens from A.O. Hume, Samuel Tickell, Robert Swinhoe among others. His Natural History of the Cranes was published posthumously in 1881. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Blyth is the 334th most popular biologist (up from 501st in 2019), the 1,777th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,538th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Edward Blyth ranks 334 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, Patrick Geddes, and Jérôme Lejeune. After him are Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Otto Friedrich Müller, Brian Kobilka, Valerius Cordus, Phillip Allen Sharp, and Heinrich Wilhelm Schott.
Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJohann Reinhold Forster
1729 - 1798
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 328
Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz
1722 - 1799
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 329
Hermann Burmeister
1807 - 1892
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 330
Charles M. Rice
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 331
Patrick Geddes
1854 - 1932
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 332
Jérôme Lejeune
1926 - 1994
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 333
Edward Blyth
1810 - 1873
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 334
Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle
1809 - 1885
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 335
Otto Friedrich Müller
1730 - 1784
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 336
Brian Kobilka
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 337
Valerius Cordus
1515 - 1544
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 338
Phillip Allen Sharp
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 339
Heinrich Wilhelm Schott
1794 - 1865
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 340
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1810, Edward Blyth ranks 32. Before him are Francesco Maria Piave, Constant Troyon, Ferenc Erkel, Jules Perrot, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, and Ole Bull. After him are George Robert Waterhouse, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Hans Christian Lumbye, Wilhelm Marstrand, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, and Oliver Winchester. Among people deceased in 1873, Edward Blyth ranks 31. Before him are Viktor Hartmann, Muhammad IV of Morocco, Friedrich Wieck, Princess Charlotte of Württemberg, Giovanni Battista Donati, and Johns Hopkins. After him are Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, Francis Garnier, Urbano Rattazzi, Wilhelm Marstrand, Tekle Giyorgis II, and Michael Madhusudan Dutt.
Others Born in 1810
Go to all RankingsFrancesco Maria Piave
WRITER
1810 - 1876
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 26
Constant Troyon
PAINTER
1810 - 1865
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 27
Ferenc Erkel
COMPOSER
1810 - 1893
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 28
Jules Perrot
DANCER
1810 - 1892
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 29
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
EXPLORER
1810 - 1897
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 30
Ole Bull
MUSICIAN
1810 - 1880
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 31
Edward Blyth
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1873
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 32
George Robert Waterhouse
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1888
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 33
Pierre Edmond Boissier
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1885
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 34
Hans Christian Lumbye
COMPOSER
1810 - 1874
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 35
Wilhelm Marstrand
PAINTER
1810 - 1873
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 36
Wilhelm, Duke of Urach
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1869
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 37
Oliver Winchester
POLITICIAN
1810 - 1880
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 38
Others Deceased in 1873
Go to all RankingsViktor Hartmann
PAINTER
1834 - 1873
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 25
Muhammad IV of Morocco
POLITICIAN
1803 - 1873
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 26
Friedrich Wieck
COMPOSER
1785 - 1873
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 27
Princess Charlotte of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1873
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 28
Giovanni Battista Donati
ASTRONOMER
1826 - 1873
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 29
Johns Hopkins
BUSINESSPERSON
1795 - 1873
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 30
Edward Blyth
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1873
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 31
Prince Adolf zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen
POLITICIAN
1797 - 1873
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 32
Francis Garnier
EXPLORER
1839 - 1873
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 33
Urbano Rattazzi
POLITICIAN
1808 - 1873
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 34
Wilhelm Marstrand
PAINTER
1810 - 1873
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 35
Tekle Giyorgis II
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1873
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 36
Michael Madhusudan Dutt
WRITER
1824 - 1873
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 37
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Blyth ranks 1,777 out of 8,785. Before him are John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Paul McGrath (1959), Rosamund Pike (1979), Philip Sidney (1554), and Paul Scofield (1922). After him are Robert Stevenson (1905), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Vera Lynn (1917), Robert Pattinson (1986), Oliver Hart (1948), and Nora Stanton Barney (1883).
Others born in United Kingdom
Go to all RankingsJohn Latham
PHYSICIAN
1740 - 1837
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 1,771
John Hunter
PHYSICIAN
1728 - 1793
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 1,772
Paul McGrath
SOCCER PLAYER
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 1,773
Rosamund Pike
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 1,774
Philip Sidney
WRITER
1554 - 1586
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 1,775
Paul Scofield
ACTOR
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 1,776
Edward Blyth
BIOLOGIST
1810 - 1873
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 1,777
Robert Stevenson
FILM DIRECTOR
1905 - 1986
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 1,778
Joseph Boxhall
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1884 - 1967
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 1,779
Vera Lynn
SINGER
1917 - 2020
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 1,780
Robert Pattinson
ACTOR
1986 - Present
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 1,781
Oliver Hart
ECONOMIST
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 1,782
Nora Stanton Barney
ARCHITECT
1883 - 1971
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 1,783
Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom
Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Edward Blyth ranks 55. Before him are George Bentham (1800), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), John Gurdon (1933), Ian Wilmut (1944), and Patrick Geddes (1854). After him are George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), David Douglas (1799), John Maynard Smith (1920), and Samuel Frederick Gray (1766).
George Bentham
1800 - 1884
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 49
Edward Turner Bennett
1797 - 1836
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 50
George Arnott Walker-Arnott
1799 - 1868
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 51
John Gurdon
1933 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 52
Ian Wilmut
1944 - 2023
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 53
Patrick Geddes
1854 - 1932
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 54
Edward Blyth
1810 - 1873
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 55
George Robert Waterhouse
1810 - 1888
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 56
Nehemiah Grew
1641 - 1712
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 57
Richard Bowdler Sharpe
1847 - 1909
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 58
David Douglas
1799 - 1834
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 59
John Maynard Smith
1920 - 2004
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 60
Samuel Frederick Gray
1766 - 1828
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 61