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William Elford Leach

1791 - 1836

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William Elford Leach (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Elford Leach is the 393rd most popular biologist (up from 577th in 2019), the 2,012th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,844th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Elford Leach ranks 393 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Georg Wagler, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Carl Borivoj Presl, Carl Jakob Sundevall, and Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. After him are James Bond, Alexander von Nordmann, Edwin Klebs, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Theodor Boveri, and Georg Eberhard Rumphius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1791, William Elford Leach ranks 25. Before him are Friedrich Parrot, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Minh Mạng, George Peacock, Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas, and Ferdinand Hérold. After him are Henryk Dembiński, Sergey Aksakov, Anne Lister, Friedrich von Gärtner, Jan Svatopluk Presl, and Jan Václav Voříšek. Among people deceased in 1836, William Elford Leach ranks 28. Before him are James Mill, William Henry, Edward Turner Bennett, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Carle Vernet, and James Bowie. After him are Karel Hynek Mácha, John Loudon McAdam, Norbert Burgmüller, Ferdinand Raimund, Heinrich Schrader, and Betsy Ross.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Elford Leach ranks 2,012 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Hatchett (1765), Gerry Adams (1948), Paul Gallagher (1954), William Smith (1813), Michael Anderson (1920), and Rachel Ward (1957). After him are William Buckland (1784), Sister Nivedita (1867), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), Alan Walker (1997), Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers (1854), and Wallace Hartley (1878).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Elford Leach ranks 63. Before him are Nehemiah Grew (1641), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), David Douglas (1799), John Maynard Smith (1920), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), and Matt Ridley (1958). After him are June Almeida (1930), Arthur Tansley (1871), John Needham (1713), Andrew Smith (1797), Roderick Murchison (1792), and Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818).

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