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John O. Westwood

1805 - 1893

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John Obadiah Westwood (22 December 1805 – 2 January 1893) was an English entomologist and archaeologist noted for his artistic talents. He published several illustrated works on insects and antiquities. He was among the first entomologists with an academic position at Oxford University. He was a natural theologian, staunchly anti-Darwinian, and sometimes adopted a quinarian viewpoint. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John O. Westwood is the 42nd most popular archaeologist (up from 97th in 2019), the 1,948th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,426th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Archaeologist.

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS

Among archaeologists, John O. Westwood ranks 42 out of 151. Before him are Ernst Curtius, Ami Boué, Wilhelm Dörpfeld, Henri Breuil, Paul-Émile Botta, and Leonard Woolley. After him are Hat Hor, Yuri Knorozov, Johan Gunnar Andersson, Max Mallowan, James Henry Breasted, and Johan David Åkerblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1805, John O. Westwood ranks 31. Before him are Jonas Furrer, Princess Amalia of Sweden, Cochise, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Peter Johann Nepomuk Geiger, and Joseph Škoda. After him are Alexander Braun, Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann, Eugène Schneider, Mastoureh Ardalan, Louise Bertin, and Prosper Guéranger. Among people deceased in 1893, John O. Westwood ranks 31. Before him are Heinrich Göbel, Adolf I, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Ford Madox Brown, Alexander Cunningham, George Tupou I, and Jacob Moleschott. After him are Rudolf Wolf, William Smith, P. G. T. Beauregard, Anna Bilińska, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, and Alexander Kazbegi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John O. Westwood ranks 1,948 out of 8,785. Before him are Matthew Arnold (1822), Edward FitzGerald (1809), Rick Astley (1966), William George Horner (1786), Bertram Ramsay (1883), and Thomas Gray (1716). After him are Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), James Herbert Brennan (1940), Dick Francis (1920), Patricia Hayes (1909), Alf Ramsey (1920), and Paul Bettany (1971).

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Among ARCHAEOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among archaeologists born in United Kingdom, John O. Westwood ranks 9. Before him are Colin Renfrew (1937), George Smith (1840), George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866), Flinders Petrie (1853), John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury (1834), and Leonard Woolley (1880). After him are Max Mallowan (1904), Robert Broom (1866), Colin Groves (1942), Alan Gardiner (1879), James Quibell (1867), and Dorothy Garrod (1892).

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