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Matt Ridley

1958 - Today

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Matthew White Ridley, 5th Viscount Ridley (born 7 February 1958), is a British science writer, journalist and businessman. He is known for his writings on science, the environment, and economics, and has been a regular contributor to The Times newspaper. Ridley was chairman of the UK bank Northern Rock from 2004 to 2007, during which period it experienced the first run on a British bank in 130 years. He resigned, and the bank was bailed out by the UK government; this led to its nationalisation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Matt Ridley is the 380th most popular biologist (up from 1,082nd in 2019), the 1,971st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,526th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Matt Ridley ranks 380 out of 1,097. Before him are Georg Joseph Kamel, Frank Chapman, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Nikolai Severtzov, John Maynard Smith, and Samuel Frederick Gray. After him are Esther Lederberg, Michał Boym, François-Alphonse Forel, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carlo Allioni, and Louis Claude Richard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Matt Ridley ranks 96. Before him are Nikki Sixx, Bruce Campbell, Rachid Taha, Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, Søren Lerby, and Tsutomu Sonobe. After him are Hery Rajaonarimampianina, Susan Helms, Bernardo Arévalo, Keigo Higashino, Carlos Tavares, and Rami Hamdallah.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Matt Ridley ranks 1,971 out of 8,785. Before him are Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), Nick Simper (1945), John Boorman (1933), Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842), F. H. Bradley (1846), and Sam Mendes (1965). After him are Kenneth E. Boulding (1910), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), William Paley (1743), Tom Conti (1941), John Rimmer (1878), and Kate Moss (1974).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Matt Ridley ranks 62. Before him are George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), David Douglas (1799), John Maynard Smith (1920), and Samuel Frederick Gray (1766). After him are William Elford Leach (1791), June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), John Needham (1713), Andrew Smith (1797), and Roderick Murchison (1792).

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