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Richard Evans Schultes

1915 - 2001

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Richard Evans Schultes (SHULL-tees; January 12, 1915 – April 10, 2001) was an American biologist, considered to be the father of modern ethnobotany. He is known for his studies of the uses of plants by indigenous peoples, especially the indigenous peoples of the Americas. He worked on entheogenic or hallucinogenic plants, particularly in Mexico and the Amazon, involving lifelong collaborations with chemists. He had charismatic influence as an educator at Harvard University; several of his students and colleagues went on to write popular books and assume influential positions in museums, botanical gardens, and popular culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Evans Schultes is the 968th most popular biologist (down from 889th in 2019), the 9,197th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,488th in 2019) and the 145th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 968 out of 1,097. Before him are Ivan Lepyokhin, Curt Backeberg, William Diller Matthew, Archibald Menzies, John Torrey, and Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky. After him are Irene Manton, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Tilly Edinger, Yasutomi Nishizuka, James Chapin, and Alice Eastwood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 241. Before him are Norman Cousins, Nicholas Metropolis, Cornelius Warmerdam, Lester del Rey, Ramón Piñeiro López, and Brian Shawe-Taylor. After him are Teoctist Arăpașu, William Hopper, Lars Ahlin, Melih Cevdet Anday, Joe Fry, and Ödön Gróf. Among people deceased in 2001, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 283. Before him are Dale Earnhardt, Brenda Helser, Dipendra of Nepal, Lee Cronbach, Pavel Sadyrin, and Leonid Ostrovski. After him are Stepas Butautas, Otto Hemele, Javed Iqbal, Olle Håkansson, Madge Adam, and Josef Peters.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 9,199 out of 20,380. Before him are Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Fyvush Finkel (1922), Mary Wilson (1944), Richard Herd (1932), Ron Wright (1953), and Victor Argo (1934). After him are Shari Headley (1964), Seymour Benzer (1921), Julieta Venegas (1970), Wovoka (1856), Leo Burnett (1891), and Grace Paley (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Richard Evans Schultes ranks 145. Before him are William Beebe (1877), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), William Healey Dall (1845), and John Torrey (1796). After him are James Chapin (1889), John Cassin (1813), Herbert Boyer (1936), Theobald Smith (1859), Samuel Garman (1843), and Edward William Nelson (1855).

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