BIOLOGIST

William John Burchell

1781 - 1863

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William John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author. His thousands of plant specimens, as well as field journals from his South African expedition, are held by Kew Gardens, and his insect collection by the Oxford University Museum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William John Burchell is the 639th most popular biologist (up from 845th in 2019), the 3,021st most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,110th in 2019) and the 95th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William John Burchell ranks 639 out of 1,097Before him are Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, John Richardson, Philip Barker-Webb, August von Pelzeln, Roberto de Visiani, and Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt. After him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Nils Johan Andersson, Johan Peter Falk, Johann Julius Walbaum, Karl Rudolphi, and Daniel Oliver.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, William John Burchell ranks 34Before him are Swaminarayan, Christian von Steven, George Dawe, Henri Cassini, Johann Friedrich Meckel, and José de Madrazo y Agudo. After him are Joseph Johann von Littrow, Friedrich von Berchtold, Joaquín Suárez, Andrés Narvarte, John Walker, and Charles Joseph Minard. Among people deceased in 1863, William John Burchell ranks 34Before him are Salomon Müller, Ignacio Comonfort, Christian von Steven, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, August Beer, and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli. After him are Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, Ludwig Emil Grimm, Robert Gould Shaw, Nikolai Turczaninow, Gerrit Schimmelpenninck, and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 3,022 out of 8,785Before him are Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Eddie Gray (1948), James Galway (1939), Gareth Edwards (1975), James Guillaume (1844), and Paul Day (1956). After him are Nancy Mitford (1904), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Joseph Aspdin (1778), Lullus (710), Paul Cook (1956), and Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841).

Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William John Burchell ranks 95Before him are William Speirs Bruce (1867), Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Patrick Manson (1844), Ray Lankester (1847), John Richardson (1787), and Philip Barker-Webb (1793). After him are Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Daniel Oliver (1830), James Francis Stephens (1792), Paul Nurse (1949), John Sims (1749), and William Withering (1741).