BIOLOGIST

Ray Lankester

1847 - 1929

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Sir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist. An invertebrate zoologist and evolutionary biologist, he held chairs at University College London and Oxford University. He was the third Director of the Natural History Museum, London, and was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Lankester is the 623rd most popular biologist (down from 613th in 2019), the 2,945th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,991st in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ray Lankester ranks 623 out of 1,097. Before him are Patrick Manson, Emil Racoviță, Albrecht Wilhelm Roth, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Euclides da Cunha, and Alfred Grandidier. After him are Aldo Leopold, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Volcher Coiter, Charles David Keeling, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, and Carl Bolle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Ray Lankester ranks 67. Before him are Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, Alexander Lodygin, Kálmán Mikszáth, Charles Renard, Eduardo López de Romaña, and Chiquinha Gonzaga. After him are Ellen Terry, Hiệp Hòa, Milovan Glišić, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Anton Reichenow, and Cesare Arzelà. Among people deceased in 1929, Ray Lankester ranks 91. Before him are Lilli Lehmann, Gunnar Heiberg, Joseph Valentin Boussinesq, Pierre Fatou, Ernest Mason Satow, and Paul Leni. After him are Amandus Adamson, Walther Katzenstein, Otto Binswanger, Archibald Reiss, Ivo Vojnović, and Heinrich Zille.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ray Lankester ranks 2,946 out of 8,785. Before him are Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), Neil Young (1944), John Barnard (1946), Mary Sidney (1561), and Charles Burney (1726). After him are Leslie Stephen (1832), John Rutter (1945), Georgette Heyer (1902), Tommy Flanagan (1965), Eunice Gayson (1928), and Tom Hollander (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Ray Lankester ranks 92. Before him are John Gilbert Baker (1834), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), Philip Henry Gosse (1810), William Speirs Bruce (1867), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), and Patrick Manson (1844). After him are John Richardson (1787), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), William John Burchell (1781), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Daniel Oliver (1830), and James Francis Stephens (1792).

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