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Thomas Andrew Knight

1759 - 1838

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Thomas Andrew Knight (1759–1838), FRS, of Elton Hall in the parish of Elton in Herefordshire (4 miles south-west of Ludlow) and later of Downton Castle (3 miles north-west of Elton), was a British horticulturalist and botanist. He served as the 2nd President of the Royal Horticultural Society (1811–1838). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Andrew Knight is the 886th most popular biologist (down from 794th in 2019), the 4,015th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,879th in 2019) and the 138th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Thomas Andrew Knight ranks 886 out of 1,097. Before him are Théodore Monod, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Henry Baker, Flossie Wong-Staal, Charles Tate Regan, and Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus. After him are Jakob Emanuel Lange, William Townsend Aiton, Tokiharu Abe, Peter Ascanius, Johann August Ephraim Goeze, and Paul Henri Lecomte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1759, Thomas Andrew Knight ranks 42. Before him are Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, August Wilhelm Iffland, Cornelio Saavedra, William Kirby, Andrey Voronikhin, and Carl Frederik von Breda. After him is Daniel Beale. Among people deceased in 1838, Thomas Andrew Knight ranks 33. Before him are Maximilian von Montgelas, Ferenc Kölcsey, Ignaz von Rudhart, Georges Mouton, Piet Retief, and Ludwig Abeille. After him are Friedrich Accum, Maria Cosway, Paine Wingate, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, and Nathaniel Bowditch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Andrew Knight ranks 4,016 out of 8,785. Before him are Mary Stewart (1916), Sarah Kane (1971), Dorothy Shepherd-Barron (1897), Cilla Black (1943), Linda Grant (1951), and Michael Rennie (1909). After him are Alan Woods (1944), Charlie Whiting (1952), Tony Benn (1925), William Townsend Aiton (1766), Ian McNeice (1950), and Peter Scott (1909).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Andrew Knight ranks 138. Before him are Reginald Punnett (1875), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Ann Bishop (1899), William Hemsley (1843), Henry Baker (1698), and Charles Tate Regan (1878). After him are William Townsend Aiton (1766), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), Louis Fraser (1810), Joseph Barcroft (1872), and Keith Campbell (1954).

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