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Robert H. MacArthur

1930 - 1972

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Robert Helmer MacArthur (April 7, 1930 – November 1, 1972) was a Canadian-born American ecologist who made a major impact on many areas of community and population ecology. He is considered to be one of the founders of ecology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert H. MacArthur is the 509th most popular biologist (up from 971st in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Canada (up from 580th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Canadian Biologist. Learn more about Robert H. MacArthur's academic impact at Rankless.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert H. MacArthur ranks 509 out of 1,097. Before him are William Hudson, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Dmitry Belyayev, Pehr Kalm, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and Christian von Steven. After him are Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Johann Jakob Heckel, Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, Aaron Aaronsohn, and Alec Jeffreys.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Robert H. MacArthur ranks 245. Before him are Stanley Myers, Salvatore De Giorgi, Elza Soares, Walter Mischel, Viktor Tsybulenko, and Gholamreza Takhti. After him are Lazar Berman, Miodrag Bulatović, Frunzik Mkrtchyan, Naomi Shemer, Jim Rohn, and Jordi Pujol. Among people deceased in 1972, Robert H. MacArthur ranks 122. Before him are David Hall, Bruce Cabot, Lee Morgan, Mahendra of Nepal, Hermann Boehm, and Pierre Brasseur. After him are Milton L. Humason, August Zaleski, Stanislaus Kobierski, Deniz Gezmiş, Friedrich Christiansen, and Carlo Agostoni.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Robert H. MacArthur ranks 213 out of 1,622. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Alfred Aho (1941), Hayden Christensen (1981), Phil Esposito (1942), Paul Haggis (1953), and Alanis Morissette (1974). After him are Shawn Mendes (1998), Steve MacLean (1954), Joe Shuster (1914), Phil Hartman (1948), Chief Dan George (1899), and Hubert Reeves (1932).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Canada

Among biologists born in Canada, Robert H. MacArthur ranks 2. Before him are Ralph M. Steinman (1943). After him are John Murray (1841), David Suzuki (1936), George Romanes (1848), Colin Munro MacLeod (1909), William Diller Matthew (1871), Alice Eastwood (1859), Alice Wilson (1881), Peter Watts (1958), Philip J. Currie (1949), and Carrie Derick (1862).

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