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Walter Sutton

1877 - 1916

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Walter Stanborough Sutton (April 5, 1877 – November 10, 1916) was an American geneticist and biologist whose most significant contribution to present-day biology was his theory that the Mendelian laws of inheritance could be applied to chromosomes at the cellular level of living organisms. This is now known as the Boveri–Sutton chromosome theory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Sutton is the 678th most popular biologist (down from 661st in 2019), the 5,865th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,000th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Walter Sutton ranks 678 out of 1,097. Before him are Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Nikolai Turczaninow, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Axel Gudbrand Blytt, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. After him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Robert Swinhoe, John Sims, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, John Isaac Briquet, and Gustav Radde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Walter Sutton ranks 118. Before him are Victor Willems, Buddy Bolden, Henri Hazebrouck, Yan Huiqing, James Montgomery Flagg, and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Slava Raškaj, Norman Brookes, Carl Tanzler, Lewis Terman, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, and Maurice Farman. Among people deceased in 1916, Walter Sutton ranks 109. Before him are James Guillaume, Daniel Oliver, Antonin Mercié, Florence Baker, Jane Dieulafoy, and Albert Chmielowski. After him are George Huntington, Chen Qimei, Henri Harpignies, Rik Wouters, Leo Anton Karl de Ball, and Josiah Royce.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Sutton ranks 5,865 out of 20,380. Before him are Ambrose Burnside (1824), Bill Tuttle (1882), Titus Welliver (1962), Haskell Curry (1900), Sam J. Jones (1954), and Richard N. Frye (1920). After him are Ralph Hartley (1888), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), Gus Hall (1910), Arleigh Burke (1901), Alvan Graham Clark (1832), and Michael Cole (1968).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Walter Sutton ranks 92. Before him are Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), Aldo Leopold (1887), Charles David Keeling (1928), Charles Horton Peck (1833), and Eugene Odum (1913). After him are Albert Charles Smith (1906), Alfred Romer (1894), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Alexander Wetmore (1886), Alice Hamilton (1869), and Thomas Say (1787).

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