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Richard Meinertzhagen

1878 - 1967

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Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen, CBE, DSO (3 March 1878 – 17 June 1967) was a British soldier, intelligence officer, and ornithologist. He had a decorated military career spanning Africa and the Middle East. He was credited with creating and executing the Haversack Ruse in October 1917, during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War, but his participation in this matter has since been refuted. While early biographies lionized Meinertzhagen as a master of military strategy and espionage, later works such as The Meinertzhagen Mystery present him as a fraud for fabricating stories of his feats and speculated that he murdered his wife, in addition to mass extrajudicial killings while in the colonial service. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Meinertzhagen is the 1,028th most popular biologist (down from 962nd in 2019), the 5,320th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,876th in 2019) and the 180th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Meinertzhagen ranks 1,028 out of 1,097. Before him are Helia Bravo Hollis, Elliott Coues, John Bartram, Alexander Wendt, Karl Shuker, and Ruth Patrick. After him are John Lawrence LeConte, Stanislas Dehaene, William Henry Harvey, George R. Price, Philippa Marrack, and Elmer McCollum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Richard Meinertzhagen ranks 234. Before him are Augustus John, Gyula Kakas, Johannes Terwogt, Macario Sakay, Gaston Salmon, and George Campbell. After him are Herbert H. Lehman, Frederick Humphreys, Meredith Colket, Oscar Apfel, Spyridon Belokas, and Léon Binoche. Among people deceased in 1967, Richard Meinertzhagen ranks 272. Before him are Lewis H. Brereton, Carl Kempe, Nikolay Okhlopkov, Sig Ruman, Joe Meek, and Nelson Eddy. After him are Cezaria Jędrzejewiczowa, Romildo Etcheverry, Guillermo Lovell, Jean Alexandre Barré, Elmer McCollum, and Guillermo Douglas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Meinertzhagen ranks 5,322 out of 8,785. Before him are Clive Bunker (1946), Eddie Jobson (1955), Ann Todd (1907), John James (1914), Asa Butterfield (1997), and Tommy Flowers (1905). After him are Jan Morris (1926), Nigella Lawson (1960), Howard Marks (1945), Janet Simpson (1944), Adebayo Akinfenwa (1982), and Sheila Hancock (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Richard Meinertzhagen ranks 180. Before him are Annie Lorrain Smith (1854), Hugh Huxley (1924), Prideaux John Selby (1788), David Lack (1910), John Belchier (1706), and Karl Shuker (1959). After him are Philippa Marrack (1945), Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900), E. B. Ford (1901), Francis Walker (1809), Bryan Sykes (1947), and William Forsell Kirby (1844).

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