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John Needham

1713 - 1781

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John Turberville Needham FRS (10 September 1713 – 30 December 1781) was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest. He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subject was mostly about geology, described the mechanics of pollen and won recognition in the botany community. He did experiments with gravy and later, tainted wheat, in containers. This was in order to experiment with spontaneous generation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Needham is the 414th most popular biologist (down from 413th in 2019), the 2,125th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,171st in 2019) and the 66th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Needham ranks 414 out of 1,097. Before him are Auguste Chevalier, Philibert Commerson, Achille Valenciennes, Pierre Magnol, Eugène Simon, and Arthur Tansley. After him are Alexander Braun, Heinrich Boie, George Albert Boulenger, Carl Hagenbeck, Adolf Mayer, and Martha Chase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1713, John Needham ranks 14. Before him are Junípero Serra, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Johann Ludwig Krebs, and Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Guillaume Thomas François Raynal, Allan Ramsay, John Whitehurst, and Francis Lewis. Among people deceased in 1781, John Needham ranks 12. Before him are Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Ablai Khan, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Faustina Bordoni, and Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas. After him are Túpac Katari, Johannes Ewald, Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Bartolina Sisa, Micaela Bastidas, and Tobias Furneaux.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Needham ranks 2,125 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Darwin (1766), Tony Sheridan (1940), Peter Lawford (1923), George S. Robertson (1872), Mary Hopkin (1950), and Matthew Paris (1200). After him are John Watson (1946), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Noel Gallagher (1967), Robert Morrison (1782), Francesca Annis (1945), and Ian St John (1938).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Needham ranks 66. Before him are John Maynard Smith (1920), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Matt Ridley (1958), William Elford Leach (1791), June Almeida (1930), and Arthur Tansley (1871). After him are Andrew Smith (1797), Roderick Murchison (1792), Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Alexander Wilson (1766), and Francis Darwin (1848).

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