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John Torrey

1796 - 1873

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John Torrey (August 15, 1796 – March 10, 1873) was an American botanist, chemist, and physician. Throughout much of his career, he was a teacher of chemistry, often at multiple universities, while he also pursued botanical work, focusing on the flora of North America. His most renowned works include studies of the New York flora, the Mexican Boundary, the Pacific railroad surveys, and the uncompleted Flora of North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Torrey is the 966th most popular biologist (down from 855th in 2019), the 9,183rd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,081st in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Torrey ranks 966 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Morison, Grigore Antipa, Ivan Lepyokhin, Curt Backeberg, William Diller Matthew, and Archibald Menzies. After him are Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Richard Evans Schultes, Irene Manton, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Tilly Edinger, and Yasutomi Nishizuka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, John Torrey ranks 63. Before him are Phan Thanh Giản, Joseph Meyer, Francis Crozier, Robert Wight, Andreas von Ettingshausen, and Karl Leberecht Immermann. After him are George Back, Henry De la Beche, John Bell, and Benjamin Bonneville. Among people deceased in 1873, John Torrey ranks 75. Before him are Alexei Fedchenko, Matthew Fontaine Maury, Jules Verreaux, Stephen Mallory, Per Georg Scheutz, and Gustav Rose. After him are Charles Allston Collins, Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco, George-Étienne Cartier, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Robert McClure, and Hamilton Hume.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Torrey ranks 9,185 out of 20,380. Before him are Jay Silvester (1937), Dickey Betts (1943), Cliff Bourland (1921), John N. Bahcall (1934), Robert Nisbet (1913), and Jamie Farr (1934). After him are James Worthy (1961), David Jenkins (1936), Lee Pace (1979), Jason Biggs (1978), Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), and Fyvush Finkel (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, John Torrey ranks 144. Before him are Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), William Beebe (1877), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), and William Healey Dall (1845). After him are Richard Evans Schultes (1915), James Chapin (1889), John Cassin (1813), Herbert Boyer (1936), Theobald Smith (1859), and Samuel Garman (1843).

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