BIOLOGIST

Sydney Parkinson

1745 - 1771

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Sydney Parkinson (c. 1745 – 26 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist. He was the first European artist to visit Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti. Parkinson was the first Quaker to visit New Zealand. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney Parkinson is the 975th most popular biologist (down from 832nd in 2019), the 4,661st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,062nd in 2019) and the 161st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Sydney Parkinson ranks 975 out of 1,097. Before him are Irene Manton, Nicole Marthe Le Douarin, Tilly Edinger, Yasutomi Nishizuka, James Chapin, and Alice Eastwood. After him are Miriam Rothschild, Johann Gottfried Zinn, Zinaida Yermolyeva, Dukinfield Henry Scott, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, and Lancelot Hogben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Sydney Parkinson ranks 48. Before him are Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Félix María de Samaniego, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, Oliver Ellsworth, and John Jeffries. After him are William Paterson, Madhavrao I, Samuel Hearne, Anthony Wayne, Hannah More, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1771, Sydney Parkinson ranks 22. Before him are Infanta Maria Doroteia of Portugal, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Konrad Ernst Ackermann, William Fermor, Augustus George, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Jan Klemens Branicki. After him is Christopher Smart.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sydney Parkinson ranks 4,662 out of 8,785. Before him are Reginald Wingate (1861), Gary Daniels (1963), Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Albert Ball (1896), Nicholas Hooper (1952), and David Mountbatten, 3rd Marquess of Milford Haven (1919). After him are David Walliams (1971), John Peckham (1227), I. J. Good (1916), Jhumpa Lahiri (1967), Gareth Barry (1981), and Hugh Hopper (1945).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Sydney Parkinson ranks 161. Before him are William Yarrell (1784), Francis Willughby (1635), Gilbert White (1720), Robert Morison (1620), Archibald Menzies (1754), and Irene Manton (1904). After him are Miriam Rothschild (1908), Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854), Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw (1902), Lancelot Hogben (1895), Anne McLaren (1927), and Alister Hardy (1896).

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