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Thomas Thomson

1817 - 1878

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Thomas Thomson (4 December 1817 – 18 April 1878) was a British surgeon with the British East India Company before becoming a botanist. He was a friend of Joseph Dalton Hooker and helped write the first volume of Flora Indica. With Hooker he distributed the exsiccata-like series Herbarium Indiae orientalis. He was born in Glasgow the son of Thomas Thomson, chemistry professor at Glasgow University. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Thomson is the 921st most popular biologist (down from 805th in 2019), the 4,212th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,942nd in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Thomas Thomson ranks 921 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Wight, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Joshua Brookes, Jan Sztolcman, Edward Bagnall Poulton, and Vladimir Leontyevich Komarov. After him are Gaston Bonnier, Yang Zhongjian, Barry Commoner, Mary Katharine Brandegee, George Romanes, and Carl Eduard Hellmayr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Thomas Thomson ranks 76. Before him are Braxton Bragg, Heinrich von Sybel, Christen Andreas Fonnesbech, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Richard Spruce, and José María Ventura Casas. After him are Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Richard S. Ewell, Alfred Francis Russell, Serafino Dubois, Manuel Robles Pezuela, and Palladius. Among people deceased in 1878, Thomas Thomson ranks 60. Before him are Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, Aleardo Aleardi, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, William Stokes, José María Medina, and Nicolae Golescu. After him are Jaroslav Čermák, Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, William M. Tweed, Andreas von Ettingshausen, Manuel Pardo, and Palladius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Thomson ranks 4,213 out of 8,785. Before him are Conleth Hill (1964), Alan Baddeley (1934), Aubrey de Grey (1963), Kris Marshall (1973), Nathaniel Clyne (1991), and Michael Hordern (1911). After him are Jake Weber (1963), Abdalqadir as-Sufi (1930), Saffron Burrows (1972), Sandy Denny (1947), Michael Hurst (1957), and Elizabeth Spriggs (1929).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Thomas Thomson ranks 150. Before him are Keith Campbell (1954), Jenny Clack (1947), Edward Newton (1832), Robert Wight (1796), G. Evelyn Hutchinson (1903), and Edward Bagnall Poulton (1856). After him are Thomas Pennant (1726), George Edwards (1694), Maxwell T. Masters (1833), Mark Catesby (1683), William Yarrell (1784), and Francis Willughby (1635).

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