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John Bartram

1699 - 1777

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John Bartram (June 3, 1699 – September 22, 1777) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and explorer, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of his career. Swedish botanist and taxonomist Carl Linnaeus said he was the "greatest natural botanist in the world." Bartram corresponded with and shared North American plants and seeds with a variety of scientists in England and Europe. He started what is known as Bartram's Garden in 1728 at his farm in Kingsessing (now part of Philadelphia). It was considered the first botanic garden in the United States. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Bartram is the 1,024th most popular biologist (down from 1,013th in 2019), the 10,922nd most popular biography from United States (up from 11,362nd in 2019) and the 159th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Bartram ranks 1,024 out of 1,097. Before him are Prideaux John Selby, Akhtar Hameed Khan, David Lack, John Belchier, Helia Bravo Hollis, and Elliott Coues. After him are Alexander Wendt, Karl Shuker, Ruth Patrick, Richard Meinertzhagen, John Lawrence LeConte, and Stanislas Dehaene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1699, John Bartram ranks 17. Before him are Hans Joachim von Zieten, Bernard de Jussieu, Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Alamgir II, Mastani, and Rafi ud-Darajat.  Among people deceased in 1777, John Bartram ranks 26. Before him are Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Dolly Pentreath, John Morton, Mir Qasim, and Pratap Singh Shah. After him is Button Gwinnett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Bartram ranks 10,924 out of 20,380. Before him are Ted Kaufman (1939), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), Hoyt Axton (1938), Jon Oliva (1959), Florence La Badie (1888), and Taylor Dayne (1962). After him are Van Williams (1934), Jason Lewis (1971), Evelyn Boyd Granville (1924), Jonathan Harris (1914), John C. Pemberton (1814), and Arthur Alexander (1940).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Bartram ranks 159. Before 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). After him are Ruth Patrick (1907), John Lawrence LeConte (1825), George R. Price (1922), Elmer McCollum (1879), Lucy Shapiro (1940), and Timothy Ray Brown (1966).

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