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Robert Ridgway

1850 - 1929

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Robert Ridgway (July 2, 1850 – March 25, 1929) was an American ornithologist specializing in systematics. He was appointed in 1880 by Spencer Fullerton Baird, secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, to be the first full-time curator of birds at the United States National Museum, a title he held until his death. In 1883, he helped found the American Ornithologists' Union, where he served as officer and journal editor. Ridgway was an outstanding descriptive taxonomist, capping his life work with The Birds of North and Middle America (eight volumes, 1901–1919). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Ridgway is the 771st most popular biologist (up from 850th in 2019), the 6,567th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,021st in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Ridgway ranks 771 out of 1,097. Before him are George Prideaux Robert Harris, Hwang Woo-suk, Wilhelm Weinberg, Otto von Münchhausen, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, and David Don. After him are C. B. van Niel, Mary F. Lyon, Richard Wettstein, Herbert Copeland, Édouard Spach, and Neil Campbell.

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Among people born in 1850, Robert Ridgway ranks 90. Before him are Victor Laloux, Anton Seidl, Francesco Tamagno, Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Fyodor Vasilyev, and Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. After him are Emma Abbott, Franziskus von Bettinger, Eduard Sievers, Hans von Berlepsch, Tomás Bretón, and Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer. Among people deceased in 1929, Robert Ridgway ranks 113. Before him are Lillie Langtry, Caroline Rémy de Guebhard, Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret, Arno Holz, Georges Courteline, and Julian Fałat. After him are Wilfred Baddeley, Giacomo Bresadola, Jeanne Eagels, Jozef Murgaš, Marie Hankel, and Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Ridgway ranks 6,568 out of 20,380. Before him are Colm Feore (1958), Otis Davis (1932), Pat Smear (1959), Schelte J. Bus (1956), Robert Barro (1944), and Peter Riegert (1947). After him are Arthur Shaw (1886), Diane Ackerman (1948), Braxton Bragg (1817), Randy Crawford (1952), Paul Gray (1972), and Eugene V. Debs (1855).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Ridgway ranks 106. Before him are Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), Richard Lewontin (1929), Francis Collins (1950), James L. Peters (1889), and Garrett Hardin (1915). After him are Herbert Copeland (1902), Neil Campbell (1946), Stephen Schneider (1945), John Jacob Abel (1857), Jane Colden (1724), and Mary-Claire King (1946).

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