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John Murray

1841 - 1914

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Sir John Murray (3 March 1841 – 16 March 1914) was a pioneering Canadian-born British oceanographer, marine biologist and limnologist. He is considered to be the father of modern oceanography. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Murray is the 597th most popular biologist (down from 511th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Canada (down from 230th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Murray ranks 597 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Friedrich Meckel, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Joseph Leidy, Charles De Geer, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, and Tsuneko Okazaki. After him are Francisco J. Ayala, George Clifford III, Ruth Arnon, Antoine Risso, Otto Stapf, and Władysław Taczanowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, John Murray ranks 70. Before him are Carl Graebe, Paul Wallot, George Turner, Karl Binding, Federico Zandomeneghi, and Benedict Menni. After him are Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Florence Baker, René Panhard, Antonio Pacinotti, Andrejs Pumpurs, and Savva Mamontov. Among people deceased in 1914, John Murray ranks 82. Before him are Adolf Martens, José Evaristo Uriburu, Pyotr Nesterov, Angelo Moriondo, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, and Benedict Menni. After him are Dimitrie Sturdza, Shibli Nomani, John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll, Richard Heuberger, Camillo Boito, and Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, John Murray ranks 268 out of 1,622. Before him are Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Frank Dux (1956), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Earl Thomson (1895), and Gerald Bull (1928). After him are John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Bublé (1975), Ray Bourque (1960), Michael Wincott (1958), Terry Fox (1958), and Agnes Martin (1912).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, John Murray ranks 3. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943), and Robert H. MacArthur (1930). After him are David Suzuki (1936), George Romanes (1848), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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