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Thomas Pennant

1726 - 1798

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Thomas Pennant (27 June [O.S. 14 June] 1726 – 16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian. He was born and lived his whole life at his family estate, Downing Hall, near Whitford, Flintshire, in Wales. As a naturalist he had a great curiosity, observing the geography, geology, plants, animals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around him and recording what he saw and heard about. He wrote acclaimed books including British Zoology, the History of Quadrupeds, Arctic Zoology and Indian Zoology although he never travelled further afield than continental Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Pennant is the 928th most popular biologist (up from 939th in 2019), the 4,267th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,656th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Thomas Pennant ranks 928 out of 1,097. Before him are Gaston Bonnier, Yang Zhongjian, Barry Commoner, Mary Katharine Brandegee, George Romanes, and Carl Eduard Hellmayr. After him are Ken Alibek, Johann Christoph Wendland, Pierre Chambon, William Murrill, Joanne Chory, and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1726, Thomas Pennant ranks 22. Before him are Charles Burney, Katsukawa Shunshō, Eggert Ólafsson, Jovan Rajić, Vasily Chichagov, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. After him are Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, George Wythe, and Oliver Wolcott. Among people deceased in 1798, Thomas Pennant ranks 25. Before him are Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Laurynas Gucevičius, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, and John Fitch. After him are Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Wolfe Tone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Pennant ranks 4,268 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Ayckbourn (1939), Joseph Bramah (1748), Johnny Marr (1963), Michael Frayn (1933), Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), and Daisy Edgar-Jones (1998). After him are Roger of Wendover (1200), Ramsey Campbell (1946), Anthony de la Roché (1700), Aneirin (525), Catherine McCormack (1972), and David Gregory (1659).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Pennant ranks 151. Before him are Jenny Clack (1947), Edward Newton (1832), Robert Wight (1796), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856), and Thomas Thomson (1817). After him are George Edwards (1694), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Mark Catesby (1683), William Yarrell (1784), Francis Willughby (1635), and Gilbert White (1720).

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