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Francis Willughby

1635 - 1672

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Francis Willughby (sometimes spelt Willoughby, Latin: Franciscus Willughbeius) FRS (22 November 1635 – 3 July 1672) was an English ornithologist, ichthyologist and mathematician, and an early student of linguistics and games. He was born and raised at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire, the only son of an affluent country family. He was a student at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was tutored by the mathematician and naturalist John Ray, who became a lifetime friend and colleague, and lived with Willughby after 1662 when Ray lost his livelihood through his refusal to sign the Act of Uniformity. Willughby was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1661, then aged 27. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Willughby is the 956th most popular biologist (down from 899th in 2019), the 4,470th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,374th in 2019) and the 156th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Francis Willughby ranks 956 out of 1,097. Before him are Félix de Avelar Brotero, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Osamu Hayaishi, Robert May, Baron May of Oxford, and William Healey Dall. After him are Jinzō Matsumura, Gilbert White, Colin Munro MacLeod, Robert Morison, Grigore Antipa, and Ivan Lepyokhin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, Francis Willughby ranks 17. Before him are Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Philippe Quinault, Frans van Mieris the Elder, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma, and Patrick Gordon. After him is George Etherege. Among people deceased in 1672, Francis Willughby ranks 22. Before him are Madeleine Béjart, François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Marie of the Incarnation, Georg Stiernhielm, Guy Patin, and Anne Bradstreet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Francis Willughby ranks 4,471 out of 8,785. Before him are George Chapman (1559), Dorothy Manley (1927), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Vivian Campbell (1962), David Weir (1970), and Peter Arundell (1933). After him are Oliver Leese (1894), Birdy (1996), Gerald Finzi (1901), Bob Glendenning (1888), Lady Louise Windsor (2003), and William McGregor (1846).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Francis Willughby ranks 156. Before him are Thomas Thomson (1817), Thomas Pennant (1726), George Edwards (1694), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Mark Catesby (1683), and William Yarrell (1784). After him are Gilbert White (1720), Robert Morison (1620), Archibald Menzies (1754), Irene Manton (1904), Sydney Parkinson (1745), and Miriam Rothschild (1908).

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