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William Sherard

1659 - 1728

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William Sherard (27 February 1659 – 11 August 1728) was an English botanist. Next to John Ray, he was considered to be one of the outstanding English botanists of his day. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Sherard is the 857th most popular biologist (up from 919th in 2019), the 3,865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,510th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Sherard ranks 857 out of 1,097. Before him are Jean-Pierre Changeux, Wilhelm Philippe Schimper, Arthur Gardiner Butler, Nikolay Drozdov, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, and Everard Home. After him are Lucas Alamán, George Ord, Jules Verreaux, Paul R. Ehrlich, Tadas Ivanauskas, and Karel Domin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1659, William Sherard ranks 16. Before him are Pieter van der Aa, Adriaen van der Werff, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Domenico Gabrielli, Damaris Cudworth Masham, and Sophia Elisabet Brenner. After him is David Gregory. Among people deceased in 1728, William Sherard ranks 20. Before him are Augusta Marie of Holstein-Gottorp, Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Ogyū Sorai, Cotton Mather, Jacob Heinrich von Flemming, and Davit Bek.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Sherard ranks 3,866 out of 8,785. Before him are Ken Stott (1954), Christina Pickles (1935), Everard Home (1756), Ernest Belfort Bax (1854), William de Wiveleslie Abney (1843), and Alex Garland (1970). After him are Susan George (1950), Michael Carrick (1981), E. A. Wallis Budge (1857), Harry Brearley (1871), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), and Lance Macklin (1919).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Sherard ranks 129. Before him are Osbert Salvin (1835), William Kirby (1759), John Hutton Balfour (1808), Arthur Gardiner Butler (1844), D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), and Everard Home (1756). After him are Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), Reginald Punnett (1875), Charles Wyville Thomson (1830), Ann Bishop (1899), and William Hemsley (1843).

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