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John Gould

1804 - 1881

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John Gould (; 14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several other artists, including Edward Lear, Henry Constantine Richter, Joseph Wolf and William Matthew Hart. Because of his 1840s seven-volume series The Birds of Australia and its updates he has been considered the father of bird study in Australia, and the Gould League in Australia is named after him. His identification of the birds now nicknamed "Darwin's finches" played a role in the inception of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Gould's work is referenced in Charles Darwin's book, On the Origin of Species. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Gould is the 285th most popular biologist (up from 364th in 2019), the 1,589th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,932nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Gould ranks 285 out of 1,097. Before him are Eduard Rüppell, Nathaniel Wallich, Johann Hermann, Hideyo Noguchi, André Marie Constant Duméril, and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti. After him are René Louiche Desfontaines, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young, Odoardo Beccari, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, and Lorenz Oken.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, John Gould ranks 28. Before him are Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, Hermann Schlegel, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Carl von Rokitansky, Stephan Endlicher, and Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily. After him are Handrij Zejler, Ludwig von Benedek, Eduard Mörike, Daniele Manin, Moritz von Schwind, and Viktor Bunyakovsky. Among people deceased in 1881, John Gould ranks 27. Before him are George W. De Long, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Eduard Heine, Maria Domenica Mazzarello, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, and Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte. After him are William Burges, Ludwig von Benedek, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Sophia Perovskaya, Johan Vilhelm Snellman, and Archduchess Clementina of Austria.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 1,589 out of 8,785. Before him are Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington (1673), Thomas Gresham (1519), Bill Ward (1948), Ian Rush (1961), Dave Gahan (1962), and Frederick Abel (1827). After him are Aphra Behn (1640), Antony Flew (1923), Rishi Sunak (1980), Simon Le Bon (1958), William Burges (1827), and David Trimble (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Gould ranks 48. Before him are William Aiton (1731), Charles Bell (1774), Thomas Cavalier-Smith (1942), David Goodall (1914), Desmond Morris (1928), and Jack W. Szostak (1952). After him are George Bentham (1800), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), John Gurdon (1933), Ian Wilmut (1944), and Patrick Geddes (1854).

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