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Richard Lydekker

1849 - 1915

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Richard Lydekker (; 25 July 1849 – 16 April 1915) was a British naturalist, geologist and writer of numerous books on natural history. He was known for his contributions to zoology, paleontology, and biogeography. He worked extensively in cataloging fossil vertebrates and describing new species, particularly from India, where he spent several years studying the region’s prehistoric fauna. Lydekker was a key figure in the field of vertebrate paleontology, authoring numerous scientific papers and books that helped classify extinct and extant species. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Lydekker is the 468th most popular biologist (up from 604th in 2019), the 2,374th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,952nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Lydekker ranks 468 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander Kovalevsky, Luther Burbank, Marie Stopes, Alain Bombard, William T. Stearn, and Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel. After him are Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Salim Ali, Sewall Wright, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, and Julius von Sachs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Richard Lydekker ranks 56. Before him are Alexander von Krobatin, Károly Khuen-Héderváry, Benjamin Godard, Nikolai Nebogatov, Luther Burbank, and Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav. After him are Fritz Mauthner, Agenor Maria Gołuchowski, Jean Richepin, Emile Claus, Edmund Barton, and Mohammad Yaqub Khan. Among people deceased in 1915, Richard Lydekker ranks 55. Before him are Józef Brandt, Pierre-Émile Martin, Walter Crane, Otto Weddigen, Vazha-Pshavela, and Inoue Kaoru. After him are Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, Adolphe Pégoud, Gabriel von Max, Nagakura Shinpachi, and Henry Roscoe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Lydekker ranks 2,374 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Andrew Bertie (1929), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Henry Irving (1838), and Frederick Copleston (1907). After him are Alan Stacey (1933), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), Raymond Williams (1921), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Emma Darwin (1808), and Aelred of Rievaulx (1110).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Richard Lydekker ranks 76. Before him are John Stevens Henslow (1796), Alexander Wilson (1766), Francis Darwin (1848), Anna Russell (1807), Marie Stopes (1880), and William T. Stearn (1911). After him are John Hughlings Jackson (1835), William Hudson (1730), Alec Jeffreys (1950), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), William Curtis (1746), and Edward Daniel Clarke (1769).

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