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Joel Asaph Allen

1838 - 1921

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Joel Asaph Allen (July 19, 1838 – August 29, 1921) was an American zoologist, mammalogist, and ornithologist. He became the first president of the American Ornithologists' Union, the first curator of birds and mammals at the American Museum of Natural History, and the first head of that museum's Department of Ornithology. He is remembered for Allen's rule, which states that the bodies of endotherms (warm-blooded animals) vary in shape with climate, having increased surface area in hot climates to lose heat, and minimized surface area in cold climates, to conserve heat. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joel Asaph Allen is the 368th most popular biologist (down from 356th in 2019), the 3,215th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,241st in 2019) and the 67th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 368 out of 1,097. Before him are Fritz Müller, Antoine Béchamp, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Jean René Constant Quoy, and Olof Swartz. After him are Charles Plumier, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Otto Kuntze, August Batsch, David Douglas, and Georg Joseph Kamel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 45. Before him are George William Hill, Clemens Winkler, Henry Sidgwick, Lucien Olivier, Paolo Boselli, and Vatroslav Jagić. After him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Nicolae Grigorescu, John Muir, Duchess Alexandra of Oldenburg, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, and Victoria Woodhull. Among people deceased in 1921, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 52. Before him are Nikolay Gumilyov, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Juhani Aho, Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Émile Boutroux, and Otto von Gierke. After him are Said Halim Pasha, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Max Dvořák, Émile Combes, Adolf von Hildebrand, and James Gibbons.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 3,215 out of 20,380. Before him are Lisa Bonet (1967), Ernest Guiraud (1837), Mark Dacascos (1964), Elijah Wood (1981), Garret Hobart (1844), and Asa Griggs Candler (1851). After him are Barbara Kruger (1945), Bill Viola (1951), Winsor McCay (1867), Russ Meyer (1922), Joan Bennett (1910), and Billy Preston (1946).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Joel Asaph Allen ranks 67. Before him are Phillip Allen Sharp (1944), David Julius (1955), Craig Mello (1960), Craig Venter (1946), Theodore Gill (1837), and Henrietta Lacks (1920). After him are Frank Chapman (1864), Esther Lederberg (1922), James Bond (1900), Harold E. Varmus (1939), Martha Chase (1927), and James P. Allison (1948).

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