BIOLOGIST

William Hemsley

1843 - 1924

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William Botting Hemsley (29 December 1843, in East Hoathly – 7 October 1924, in Kent) was an English botanist and 1909 Victoria Medal of Honour recipient. The standard author abbreviation Hemsl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. He was born in East Hoathly, Sussex, and in 1860 started work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew as an Improver, then Assistant for India in the Herbarium, finally Keeper of Herbarium and Library. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hemsley is the 878th most popular biologist (down from 824th in 2019), the 3,977th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,024th in 2019) and the 135th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Hemsley ranks 878 out of 1,097. Before him are Hermann Harms, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Reginald Punnett, Charles Wyville Thomson, Édouard Louis Trouessart, and Ann Bishop. After him are Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Théodore Monod, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Henry Baker, Flossie Wong-Staal, and Charles Tate Regan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William Hemsley ranks 92. Before him are Frank James, Francisco Silvela, Dmitry Anuchin, William de Wiveleslie Abney, Paul de Smet de Naeyer, and Mark Antokolsky. After him are Miguel Antonio Caro, Jules Vandenpeereboom, Kálmán Széll, Dezső Bánffy, Henry M. Leland, and Serapio Calderón. Among people deceased in 1924, William Hemsley ranks 114. Before him are Thomas H. Ince, Hannibal Sehested, Stefan Toshev, Conrad Magnusson, Louis Perrée, and George Kennan. After him are Lin Shu, Vlastimil Tusar, Joseph Timchenko, Lloyd Hildebrand, Josefine Swoboda, and Josef Labor.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 3,978 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Hugh Benson (1871), Marc Almond (1957), Nick Land (1962), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), Richard Bentley (1662), and E. T. Whittaker (1873). After him are Ivor Bueb (1923), Jim Marshall (1923), Richard Attwood (1940), Tony Crook (1920), Edward Andrade (1887), and Peter Hook (1956).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Hemsley ranks 135. Before him are William Sherard (1659), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Reginald Punnett (1875), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), and Ann Bishop (1899). After him are Henry Baker (1698), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), William Townsend Aiton (1766), Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), and Marmaduke Tunstall (1743).

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