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G. Ledyard Stebbins

1906 - 2000

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George Ledyard Stebbins Jr. (January 6, 1906 – January 19, 2000) was an American botanist and geneticist who is widely regarded as one of the leading evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. Stebbins received his Ph.D. in botany from Harvard University in 1931. He went on to the University of California, Berkeley, where his work with E. B. Babcock on the genetic evolution of plant species, and his association with a group of evolutionary biologists known as the Bay Area Biosystematists, led him to develop a comprehensive synthesis of plant evolution incorporating genetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. G. Ledyard Stebbins is the 1,002nd most popular biologist (down from 911th in 2019), the 10,102nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,773rd in 2019) and the 152nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 1,002 out of 1,097. Before him are David A. Sinclair, Ryuta Kawashima, John Claudius Loudon, Edward William Nelson, Vladimir Sukachev, and Elizabeth F. Neufeld. After him are Jacques Miller, Edward Lhuyd, Walter Migula, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, Annie Montague Alexander, and Alice Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 387. Before him are Clifford Odets, Bukka White, Arseny Golovko, Hugh Gaitskell, René Fernández, and Raúl Anganuzzi. After him are Helene Costello, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Giovanni D'Anzi, Albert Heremans, Greta Nissen, and Sue Carol. Among people deceased in 2000, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 307. Before him are Paula Yates, Victor Verschueren, Alfredo Sánchez, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Jules Roy, and Charles Hartshorne. After him are Kirsty MacColl, Clifford Truesdell, Charles F. Hockett, Joan Hartigan, Noor Jehan, and Humberto Donoso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 10,104 out of 20,380. Before him are Brewster H. Shaw (1945), Edward Everett Horton (1886), Luke Askew (1932), Ed King (1949), Adolph Dubs (1920), and Joe Roth (1948). After him are Jim Duggan (1954), Anna J. Cooper (1858), Jennifer Syme (1972), Conway Twitty (1933), Vickie Guerrero (1968), and Nicholas Colasanto (1924).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, G. Ledyard Stebbins ranks 152. Before him are James Chapin (1889), John Cassin (1813), Herbert Boyer (1936), Theobald Smith (1859), Samuel Garman (1843), and Edward William Nelson (1855). After him are Rosa Smith Eigenmann (1858), Annie Montague Alexander (1867), Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Charles B. Cory (1857), Judah Folkman (1933), and Elliott Coues (1842).

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