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Thomas Cavalier-Smith

1942 - 2021

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Thomas (Tom) Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, NERC Professorial Fellow (21 October 1942 – 19 March 2021), was a professor of evolutionary biology in the Department of Zoology, at the University of Oxford. His research has led to discovery of a number of unicellular organisms (protists) and advocated for a variety of major taxonomic groups, such as the Chromista, Chromalveolata, Opisthokonta, Rhizaria, and Excavata. He was known for his systems of classification of all organisms. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Cavalier-Smith is the 259th most popular biologist (down from 222nd in 2019), the 1,439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,297th in 2019) and the 44th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Thomas Cavalier-Smith ranks 259 out of 1,097. Before him are Albert von Kölliker, Martin Vahl, Henri Milne-Edwards, Charles Bell, Frédéric Cuvier, and Eva Ekeblad. After him are Pierre Belon, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, David Goodall, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Friedrich Parrot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Thomas Cavalier-Smith ranks 154. Before him are Valeri Polyakov, Carole King, Christopher A. Sims, Vladimir Bukovsky, Adil Abdul-Mahdi, and John McLaughlin. After him are Pascal Couchepin, Gottfried John, Michel Fourniret, Sigfried Held, Takao Nishiyama, and Rose Francine Rogombé. Among people deceased in 2021, Thomas Cavalier-Smith ranks 117. Before him are Shirley Fry, El Risitas, Didier Ratsiraka, Franco Battiato, Djivan Gasparyan, and Dušan Ivković. After him are Gottfried Böhm, Leopoldo Luque, Michel Fourniret, Lars Vilks, Dean Stockwell, and Luis del Sol.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cavalier-Smith ranks 1,439 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Bell (1774), David Hamilton (1933), John Kay (1704), Joseph Wright of Derby (1734), Neil Gaiman (1960), and Robert Stirling (1790). After him are Duncan Haldane (1951), Thomas Chatterton (1752), John Austin (1790), Dusty Springfield (1939), Joseph Needham (1900), and John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Cavalier-Smith ranks 44. Before him are Oldfield Thomas (1858), J. B. S. Haldane (1892), Thomas Browne (1605), John Lindley (1799), William Aiton (1731), and Charles Bell (1774). After him are David Goodall (1914), Desmond Morris (1928), Jack W. Szostak (1952), John Gould (1804), George Bentham (1800), and Edward Turner Bennett (1797).

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