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Eugene Odum

1913 - 2002

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Eugene Pleasants Odum (September 17, 1913 – August 10, 2002) was an American biologist at the University of Georgia known for his pioneering work on ecosystem ecology. He and his brother Howard T. Odum wrote the popular ecology textbook, Fundamentals of Ecology (1953). The Odum School of Ecology is named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Odum is the 667th most popular biologist (down from 455th in 2019), the 5,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,140th in 2019) and the 91st most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Eugene Odum ranks 667 out of 1,097. Before him are Francisco Hernández de Toledo, Archibald Reiss, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Hipólito Ruiz López, Edward Forbes, and Heinz Christian Pander. After him are Johann Gerhard König, Amotz Zahavi, Japetus Steenstrup, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, and Max Carl Wilhelm Weber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Eugene Odum ranks 198. Before him are Fritz Darges, Tahir Yahya, Sonja Wigert, Gina Bachauer, Prince Ludwig of Bavaria, and Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis. After him are Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, John Garfield, Ólafur Jóhannesson, Woody Herman, Per Borten, and Franz Brunner. Among people deceased in 2002, Eugene Odum ranks 177. Before him are Morihiro Saito, Gabrielle Wittkop, Tinus Osendarp, R. M. Hare, Sanya Dharmasakti, and Frances Ames. After him are George Sidney, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Alexandru Todea, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Arno Peters, and Aileen Riggin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Odum ranks 5,772 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Glover (1932), David Miller (1909), George Andrew Reisner (1867), Tommy Franks (1945), Hank Jones (1918), and Leon Fleisher (1928). After him are James Burton (1939), Charles Yerkes (1837), Robert Lockwood Jr. (1915), Robert Towne (1934), Jane Toppan (1854), and George Ritzer (1940).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Eugene Odum ranks 91. Before him are Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), Aldo Leopold (1887), Charles David Keeling (1928), and Charles Horton Peck (1833). After him are Walter Sutton (1877), Albert Charles Smith (1906), Alfred Romer (1894), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Alexander Wetmore (1886), and Alice Hamilton (1869).

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