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Robert Chambers

1802 - 1871

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Robert Chambers (; 10 July 1802 – 17 March 1871) was a Scottish publisher, geologist, evolutionary thinker, author and journal editor who, like his elder brother and business partner William Chambers, was highly influential in mid-19th-century scientific and political circles. Chambers was an early phrenologist in the Edinburgh Phrenological Society. He was also the anonymous author of Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation, which was so controversial that his authorship was not acknowledged until after his death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Chambers is the 2,011th most popular writer (up from 4,392nd in 2019), the 1,767th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,138th in 2019) and the 192nd most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Chambers ranks 2,011 out of 7,302. Before him are Konstantin Ushinsky, Bion of Smyrna, Joachim Neander, Anne Golon, Alciphron, and Hirokazu Kanazawa. After him are Desanka Maksimović, Yuan Zhen, Vishnu Sharma, Robert de Boron, Dora d'Istria, and Audre Lorde.

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Among people born in 1802, Robert Chambers ranks 27. Before him are Charlotte Bonaparte, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Leopold Fitzinger, Ignacy Domeyko, and Harriet Martineau. After him are Paul-Émile Botta, Arnold Ruge, Frederick William, Elector of Hesse, Carl Ritter von Ghega, Mariano Arista, and Adolphe Nourrit. Among people deceased in 1871, Robert Chambers ranks 26. Before him are Charles Paul de Kock, Carl Tausig, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Moritz von Schwind, and Filippo Taglioni. After him are Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, Pierre Leroux, Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, François-Joseph Fétis, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, and Roderick Murchison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Chambers ranks 1,767 out of 8,785. Before him are Donald Crisp (1882), George Peacock (1791), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), Allan Clarke (1946), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and Nevil Maskelyne (1732). After him are Patrick Geddes (1854), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), John Graunt (1620), John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), and Paul McGrath (1959).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Chambers ranks 192. Before him are Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), James Murray (1837), Thomas Kyd (1558), James Herriot (1916), Robert Southey (1774), and George Meredith (1828). After him are Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), George MacDonald (1824), Frederick Marryat (1792), Christopher Isherwood (1904), and Marjorie Boulton (1924).

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