BIOLOGIST

William Roxburgh

1751 - 1815

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William Roxburgh FRSE FRCPE FLS (3/29 June 1751 – 18 February 1815) was a Scottish surgeon and botanist who worked extensively in India, describing species and working on economic botany. He is known as the founding father of Indian botany. He published numerous works on Indian botany, illustrated by careful drawings made by Indian artists and accompanied by taxonomic descriptions of many plant species. Apart from the numerous species that he named, many species were named in his honour by his collaborators. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Roxburgh is the 733rd most popular biologist (down from 669th in 2019), the 3,350th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,252nd in 2019) and the 109th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Roxburgh ranks 733 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Say, Carl Skottsberg, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Amalie Dietrich, Richard Anthony Salisbury, and Thomas Bell. After him are Victor Motschulsky, Bunzō Hayata, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Wilhelm Hemprich, and Hugo von Mohl.

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Among people born in 1751, William Roxburgh ranks 26. Before him are Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Julie Billiart, François Joseph Westermann, Johann Heinrich Voss, Uesugi Harunori, and Anders Dahl. After him are Johan Henric Kellgren, Corona Schröter, John Abbot, Henry Dearborn, George Montagu, and John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth. Among people deceased in 1815, William Roxburgh ranks 29. Before him are Torii Kiyonaga, Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, and Francesco Bartolozzi. After him are Johann Peter Salomon, William Nicholson, Jakub Jan Ryba, Benjamin Smith Barton, George Montagu, and Thomas Picton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Roxburgh ranks 3,351 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Perryman (1951), Martin Birch (1948), Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema (1852), Charles Cameron (1746), Allan Ramsay (1713), and Mary Adela Blagg (1858). After him are Herbert Lawford (1851), Doreen Massey (1944), Brian Hart (1936), Steve McManaman (1972), Dave Stewart (1950), and William Hazlitt (1778).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Roxburgh ranks 109. Before him are Anthony R. Hunter (1943), James Sowerby (1757), Thomas Nuttall (1786), John Anderson (1833), Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761), and Thomas Bell (1792). After him are Miles Joseph Berkeley (1803), John Hutchinson (1884), David Don (1799), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Albert Bruce Jackson (1876), and Richard Thomas Lowe (1802).

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