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Jane Colden

1724 - 1766

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Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist, described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in contemporary botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, for which botanist Peter Collinson stated "she deserves to be celebrated". Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America, which ignores, among others, Maria Sibylla Merian or Catherine Jérémie. Colden was respected as a botanist by many prominent botanists including John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jane Colden is the 805th most popular biologist (down from 703rd in 2019), the 6,902nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,380th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Biologist.

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Among biologists, Jane Colden ranks 805 out of 1,097. Before her are John Jacob Abel, Edmund Reitter, Franz Unger, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Tommaso Salvadori, and Lilian Gibbs. After her are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Giacomo Bresadola, Johann Jacob Dillenius, Jules Pierre Rambur, Aimée Antoinette Camus, and William Thomas Blanford.

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Among people born in 1724, Jane Colden ranks 33. Before her are Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Ji Yun, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, and Georges-Louis Le Sage.  Among people deceased in 1766, Jane Colden ranks 18. Before her are Jean Astruc, Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Adrien Maurice de Noailles, Dominikus Zimmermann, Jacques Aved, and François-Jean de la Barre. After her is Ivan Polzunov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jane Colden ranks 6,904 out of 20,380. Before her are Michael Cudlitz (1964), Fred Gwynne (1926), Bill Richardson (1947), Bill Medley (1940), Louis Calhern (1895), and José Graziano da Silva (1949). After her are Chad Michael Murray (1981), Seann William Scott (1976), Bill Vukovich (1918), Eddie Cantor (1892), Gordon Gould (1920), and Brie Larson (1989).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Jane Colden ranks 111. Before her are Garrett Hardin (1915), Robert Ridgway (1850), Herbert Copeland (1902), Neil Campbell (1946), Stephen Schneider (1945), and John Jacob Abel (1857). After her are Mary-Claire King (1946), Robert Trivers (1943), Charles Wallace Richmond (1868), Charles Sibley (1917), Albert William Herre (1868), and Clinton Hart Merriam (1855).

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