BIOLOGIST
Richard Spruce
1817 - 1893
Richard Spruce
Richard Spruce (10 September 1817 – 28 December 1893) was an English botanist specializing in bryology. One of the great Victorian botanical explorers, Spruce spent 15 years exploring the Amazon from the Andes to its mouth, and was one of the very first Europeans to observe many of the places where he collected specimens. Spruce discovered and named a number of new plant species, and corresponded with some of the leading botanists of the nineteenth century. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Spruce is the 836th most popular biologist (up from 982nd in 2019). (up from 4,547th in 2019)
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Among biologists, Richard Spruce ranks 836 out of 1,097. Before him are Alfred Moquin-Tandon, John Gerard, Alfred Cogniaux, Osbert Salvin, Michael Sars, and Robert Collett. After him are René Dubos, Warwick Estevam Kerr, David Keilin, Charles Sibley, Hans von Berlepsch, and Albert William Herre.
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Alfred Moquin-Tandon
1804 - 1863
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 830
John Gerard
1545 - 1612
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 831
Alfred Cogniaux
1841 - 1916
HPI: 56.23
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Osbert Salvin
1835 - 1898
HPI: 56.23
Rank: 833
Michael Sars
1805 - 1869
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 834
Robert Collett
1842 - 1913
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 835
Richard Spruce
1817 - 1893
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 836
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1901 - 1982
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 837
Warwick Estevam Kerr
1922 - 2018
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 838
David Keilin
1887 - 1963
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 839
Charles Sibley
1917 - 1998
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 840
Hans von Berlepsch
1850 - 1915
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 841
Albert William Herre
1868 - 1962
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 842
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1817, Richard Spruce ranks 74. Before him are Florian Ceynowa, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Braxton Bragg, Heinrich von Sybel, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, and Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs. After him are José María Ventura Casas, Thomas Thomson, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Richard S. Ewell, Alfred Francis Russell, and Serafino Dubois. Among people deceased in 1893, Richard Spruce ranks 71. Before him are Aloys Sprenger, Samuel Baker, Charles of Mount Argus, James G. Blaine, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, and Duleep Singh. After him are Karl Bodmer, Lucy Stone, Louis Ruchonnet, Ali bin Said of Zanzibar, Constantin von Wurzbach, and Ion Emanuel Florescu.
Others Born in 1817
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Florian Ceynowa
WRITER
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 68
Alexandros Koumoundouros
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1883
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 69
Braxton Bragg
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1876
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 70
Heinrich von Sybel
HISTORIAN
1817 - 1895
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 71
Christen Andreas Fonnesbech
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1880
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 72
Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1896
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 73
Richard Spruce
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1893
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 74
José María Ventura Casas
MUSICIAN
1817 - 1875
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 75
Thomas Thomson
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1878
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 76
Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio
WRITER
1817 - 1901
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 77
Richard S. Ewell
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1817 - 1872
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 78
Alfred Francis Russell
POLITICIAN
1817 - 1884
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 79
Serafino Dubois
CHESS PLAYER
1817 - 1899
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 80
Others Deceased in 1893
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Aloys Sprenger
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1813 - 1893
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 65
Samuel Baker
EXPLORER
1821 - 1893
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 66
Charles of Mount Argus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1821 - 1893
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 67
James G. Blaine
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1893
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 68
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
WRITER
1834 - 1893
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 69
Duleep Singh
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1893
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 70
Richard Spruce
BIOLOGIST
1817 - 1893
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 71
Karl Bodmer
PAINTER
1809 - 1893
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 72
Lucy Stone
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1818 - 1893
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 73
Louis Ruchonnet
POLITICIAN
1834 - 1893
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 74
Ali bin Said of Zanzibar
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1893
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 75
Constantin von Wurzbach
WRITER
1818 - 1893
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 76
Ion Emanuel Florescu
POLITICIAN
1819 - 1893
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 77
