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George Romanes

1848 - 1894

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George John Romanes (20 May 1848 – 23 May 1894) was a Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulating a similarity of cognitive processes and mechanisms between humans and other animals. He was the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends, and his views on evolution are historically important. He popularized the term neo-Darwinism, which in the late 19th century was considered as a theory of evolution that focuses on natural selection as the main evolutionary force. Romanes' early death was a loss to the cause of evolutionary biology in Britain. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Romanes is the 926th most popular biologist (down from 751st in 2019), the 465th most popular biography from Canada (down from 369th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Romanes ranks 926 out of 1,097Before him are Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov, Thomas Thomson, Gaston Bonnier, Yang Zhongjian, Barry Commoner, and Mary Katharine Brandegee. After him are Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Thomas Pennant, Ken Alibek, Johann Christoph Wendland, Pierre Chambon, and William Murrill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, George Romanes ranks 105Before him are Jean Aicard, Helene Lange, Otto Bütschli, Waldemar Rosenberger, Helen Allingham, and Bernard Bosanquet. After him are Raimundo Fernández-Villaverde, Amos Burn, Eliodoro Villazón, Matthew Webb, Diederik Korteweg, and Surendranath Banerjee. Among people deceased in 1894, George Romanes ranks 79Before him are Adolf Friedrich von Schack, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Emilio Arrieta, José Eugenio Ellauri, Kitamura Tokoku, and Victor Duruy. After him are Svend Foyn, Lobengula, Boston Corbett, Remigio Morales Bermúdez, David Payne, and George Inness.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, George Romanes ranks 465 out of 1,622Before him are Wyndham Lewis (1882), Duncan Regehr (1952), Rae Dawn Chong (1961), Marcel Dionne (1951), Billy Bishop (1894), and Richard Manuel (1943). After him are Jagmeet Singh (1979), Xavier Dolan (1989), Maryse Ouellet (1983), Jack Carson (1910), Megan Follows (1968), and Hank Snow (1914).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, George Romanes ranks 5Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), Robert H. MacArthur (1930), John Murray (1841), and David Suzuki (1936). After him are Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Carrie Derick (1862).