BIOLOGIST

John Stevens Henslow

1796 - 1861

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John Stevens Henslow (6 February 1796 – 16 May 1861) was an English Anglican priest, botanist and geologist. He is best remembered as friend and mentor to Charles Darwin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Stevens Henslow is the 438th most popular biologist (down from 376th in 2019), the 2,214th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 70th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Stevens Henslow ranks 438 out of 1,097. Before him are Wilhelm Roux, Roderick Murchison, Juan Ignacio Molina, Arthur Cronquist, Robert Weinberg, and Mary Elizabeth Barber. After him are Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Rudolf Weigl, Oscar Hertwig, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Franz von Paula Schrank, and Ernst Hartert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, John Stevens Henslow ranks 29. Before him are Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Karl Ernst Claus, James Bowie, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, and August von Platen-Hallermünde. After him are David Roberts, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, and William H. Prescott. Among people deceased in 1861, John Stevens Henslow ranks 34. Before him are Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Teréz Brunszvik, Karol Lipiński, Edward Dickinson Baker, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, and Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire. After him are Joachim Lelewel, Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov, Pierre Berthier, Gabriel Antonio Pereira, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Louis Niedermeyer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Stevens Henslow ranks 2,214 out of 8,785. Before him are Liam Gallagher (1972), Mary Dyer (1611), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836), Geri Halliwell (1972), and William Jones (1675). After him are David Platt (1966), David Edward Hughes (1831), Cliff Jones (1935), Mary Cartwright (1900), Olivia Colman (1974), and Patrick Magee (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, John Stevens Henslow ranks 70. Before him are June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), John Needham (1713), Andrew Smith (1797), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818). After him are Alexander Wilson (1766), Francis Darwin (1848), Anna Russell (1807), Marie Stopes (1880), William T. Stearn (1911), and Richard Lydekker (1849).

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