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John Lawrence LeConte

1825 - 1883

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John Lawrence LeConte MD (May 13, 1825 – November 15, 1883) was an American entomologist, responsible for naming and describing approximately half of the insect taxa known in the United States during his lifetime, including some 5,000 species of beetles. He was recognized as the foremost authority on North American beetles during his career, and has been described as "the father of American beetle study". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Lawrence LeConte is the 1,029th most popular biologist (down from 968th in 2019), the 11,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,999th in 2019) and the 161st most popular American Biologist.

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Among biologists, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 1,029 out of 1,097. Before him are Elliott Coues, John Bartram, Alexander Wendt, Karl Shuker, Ruth Patrick, and Richard Meinertzhagen. After him are Stanislas Dehaene, William Henry Harvey, George R. Price, Philippa Marrack, Elmer McCollum, and Aristid Lindenmayer.

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Among people born in 1825, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 90. Before him are George Inness, Francisco Linares Alcántara, Julius Kühn, William Spottiswoode, Benjamin Mountfort, and James Skivring Smith. After him are Francis James Child, Bayard Taylor, Henry Heth, R. D. Blackmore, and Newton Booth. Among people deceased in 1883, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 70. Before him are Victor Puiseux, Philipp Christoph Zeller, General Tom Thumb, Jeremiah S. Black, Matthew Webb, and William Spottiswoode. After him are Lot M. Morrill, and Henry John Stephen Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 11,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Mae Clarke (1910), Norma McCorvey (1947), Jaimie Alexander (1984), George Bruns (1914), Isabelle Daniels (1937), and Angelina Grimké (1805). After him are Pauline Starke (1901), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Little Willie John (1937), Camilla Belle (1986), Stephen Decatur (1779), and Aldo Ray (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Lawrence LeConte ranks 161. Before him are Charles Sprague Sargent (1841), Charles B. Cory (1857), Judah Folkman (1933), Elliott Coues (1842), John Bartram (1699), and Ruth Patrick (1907). After him are George R. Price (1922), Elmer McCollum (1879), Lucy Shapiro (1940), Timothy Ray Brown (1966), Margaret Morse Nice (1883), and Ronald M. Evans (1949).

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