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William Hudson

1730 - 1793

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William Hudson FRS (1730 in Kendal – 23 May 1793) was a British botanist and apothecary based in London. His main work was Flora Anglica, published in 1762. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1761. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Hudson is the 503rd most popular biologist (down from 441st in 2019), the 2,478th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,293rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Hudson ranks 503 out of 1,097Before him are Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Salomon Müller, Guillaume Rondelet, Johann Hedwig, Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, and Achille Richard. After him are Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Dmitry Belyayev, Pehr Kalm, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, Christian von Steven, and Robert H. MacArthur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, William Hudson ranks 23Before him are Motoori Norinaga, Augustin Pajou, Velu Nachiyar, William Hamilton, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, and Johann Hedwig. After him are Koca Yusuf Pasha, Sophie von La Roche, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, Salomon Gessner, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen. Among people deceased in 1793, William Hudson ranks 39Before him are Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Armand Louis de Gontaut, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, and Karl Philipp Moritz. After him are Leopold Hofmann, Charles de Bonchamps, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Roger Sherman, and Katsukawa Shunshō.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Hudson ranks 2,479 out of 8,785Before him are Eddie Irvine (1965), John Smeaton (1724), Brenda Milner (1918), Edward Colston (1636), Shakin' Stevens (1948), and John Illsley (1949). After him are Siegfried Sassoon (1886), Demetrios Petrokokkinos (1878), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), Venetia Burney (1918), Barbara Castle (1910), and Tommy Lawrence (1940).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Hudson ranks 78Before him are Francis Darwin (1848), Anna Russell (1807), Marie Stopes (1880), William T. Stearn (1911), Richard Lydekker (1849), and John Hughlings Jackson (1835). After him are Alec Jeffreys (1950), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), William Curtis (1746), Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Rupert Sheldrake (1942), and Robert Fortune (1812).