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John Sims

1749 - 1831

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John Sims (13 October 1749 – 26 February 1831) was an English physician and botanist. He was born in Canterbury, Kent and was subsequently educated at the Quaker school in Burford, Oxfordshire, he then went on to study medicine at Edinburgh University. Later in life he moved to London (1766) where he worked as a physician. Notably, he was called in to assist with Princess Charlotte's labor, but mother and baby both died. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Sims is the 681st most popular biologist (down from 651st in 2019), the 3,157th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,153rd in 2019) and the 100th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Sims ranks 681 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Heinrich Blasius, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Walter Sutton, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, and Robert Swinhoe. After him are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, John Isaac Briquet, Gustav Radde, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Albert Charles Smith, and Alfred Romer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, John Sims ranks 26. Before him are Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Georg Joseph Vogler, Charlotte Smith, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Charles James Fox, and Christian August Lorentzen. After him are Princess Louisa of Great Britain, Charles Wilkins, William Blount, Edward Rutledge, and Jared Ingersoll. Among people deceased in 1831, John Sims ranks 43. Before him are Henry Maudslay, Sarah Siddons, Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Anton Delvig. After him are Josef August Schultes, Nat Turner, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Mariana Pineda, Dmitry Senyavin, and Willem Bilderdijk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Sims ranks 3,158 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Marquand (1937), Jack Cardiff (1914), Dawn Addams (1930), William Burnside (1852), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), and Freddie Highmore (1992). After him are Sam Claflin (1986), Anthony Carlisle (1768), Jack Clayton (1921), Al Atkins (1947), Nicky Hopkins (1944), and Jean Pickering (1929).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Sims ranks 100. Before him are Philip Barker-Webb (1793), William John Burchell (1781), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Daniel Oliver (1830), James Francis Stephens (1792), and Paul Nurse (1949). After him are William Withering (1741), N. E. Brown (1849), Anthony R. Hunter (1943), James Sowerby (1757), Thomas Nuttall (1786), and John Anderson (1833).

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