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Robert Whittaker

1920 - 1980

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Robert Harding Whittaker (December 27, 1920 – October 20, 1980) was an American plant ecologist, active from the 1950s to the 1970s. He was the first to propose the five kingdom taxonomic classification of the world's biota into the Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera in 1969. He also proposed the Whittaker Biome Classification, which categorized biome types upon two abiotic factors: temperature and precipitation. He proposed the concepts of Alpha diversity, Beta diversity, and Gamma diversity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Whittaker is the 126th most popular biologist (up from 164th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,439th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Biologist.

He is a mixed martial artist who competes in the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He is currently the UFC's interim middleweight champion.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Robert Whittaker ranks 126 out of 1,097. Before him are Sylvia Earle, Carl Peter Thunberg, John Hopfield, Erasmus Darwin, Carl Nägeli, and Hans Christian Gram. After him are Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Hamilton O. Smith, Sam Harris, Reginald Innes Pocock, Sydney Brenner, and John Franklin Enders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Robert Whittaker ranks 49. Before him are Walter Matthau, Prem Tinsulanonda, Douglass North, Ben Ferencz, Baruj Benacerraf, and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. After him are Lawrence Klein, Ravi Shankar, Kaysone Phomvihane, Sergei Bondarchuk, Mickey Rooney, and Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. Among people deceased in 1980, Robert Whittaker ranks 41. Before him are Milton H. Erickson, Hans Morgenthau, Oswald Mosley, C. P. Snow, Hans Asperger, and Gregory Bateson. After him are John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Bill Evans, Marian Rejewski, Kim Jae-gyu, Gustav Wagner, and Lewis Milestone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Whittaker ranks 1,109 out of 20,380. Before him are Marla Maples (1963), John Cassavetes (1929), Marilyn vos Savant (1946), Robert H. Grubbs (1942), Geena Davis (1956), and Percival Lowell (1855). After him are Gloria Swanson (1899), Tori Amos (1963), Lawrence Klein (1920), Robert F. Furchgott (1916), Hamilton O. Smith (1931), and Sam Harris (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Robert Whittaker ranks 18. Before him are Alfred Hershey (1908), Stanley B. Prusiner (1942), Hermann Joseph Muller (1890), John B. Calhoun (1917), Sylvia Earle (1935), and John Hopfield (1933). After him are Hamilton O. Smith (1931), Sam Harris (1967), John Franklin Enders (1897), Lynn Margulis (1938), Gerald Edelman (1929), and Edward B. Lewis (1918).

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