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George Arnott Walker-Arnott

1799 - 1868

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George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist. He collaborated with botanists from around the world and served as a regius professor of botany at the University of Glasgow. An orchid genus Arnottia was named in his honour in 1828. The standard author abbreviation Arn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Arnott Walker-Arnott is the 306th most popular biologist (up from 490th in 2019), the 1,668th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,464th in 2019) and the 51st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Arnott Walker-Arnott ranks 306 out of 1,097Before him are Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Jacob Georg Agardh, Takenoshin Nakai, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Edward Turner Bennett, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. After him are Hieronymus Bock, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Motoo Kimura, John Gurdon, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, and Elmer Drew Merrill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1799, George Arnott Walker-Arnott ranks 20Before him are Rodolphe Töpffer, Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, John Lindley, Karl Adolph von Basedow, and Ferenc Gyulay. After him are Almeida Garrett, René Caillié, Vincenz Priessnitz, David Douglas, Ignaz von Döllinger, and Duchess Amelia of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1868, George Arnott Walker-Arnott ranks 25Before him are Christian Friedrich Schönbein, James Mayer de Rothschild, Kondō Isami, Rasoherina, Julius Plücker, and Ferenc Gyulay. After him are Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne, Nakano Takeko, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Venancio Flores, Bhanubhakta Acharya, and Carlo Matteucci.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Arnott Walker-Arnott ranks 1,668 out of 8,785Before him are Fletcher Christian (1764), Sandie Shaw (1947), Reginald Pole (1500), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), Paul Ritter (1966), and John Christopher (1922). After him are Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1736), Gemma Jones (1942), John Kerr (1824), Joan of Kent (1328), Hugh Lofting (1886), and Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, George Arnott Walker-Arnott ranks 51Before him are David Goodall (1914), Desmond Morris (1928), Jack W. Szostak (1952), John Gould (1804), George Bentham (1800), and Edward Turner Bennett (1797). After him are John Gurdon (1933), Ian Wilmut (1944), Patrick Geddes (1854), Edward Blyth (1810), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), and Nehemiah Grew (1641).