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William Speirs Bruce

1867 - 1921

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William Speirs Bruce (1 August 1867 – 28 October 1921) was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition (SNAE, 1902–04) to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea. Among other achievements, the expedition established the first permanent weather station in Antarctica. Bruce later founded the Scottish Oceanographical Laboratory in Edinburgh, but his plans for a transcontinental Antarctic march via the South Pole were abandoned because of lack of public and financial support. In 1892 Bruce gave up his medical studies at the University of Edinburgh and joined the Dundee Whaling Expedition to Antarctica as a scientific assistant. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Speirs Bruce is the 588th most popular biologist (down from 420th in 2019), the 2,824th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,195th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Speirs Bruce ranks 588 out of 1,097. Before him are Frederick DuCane Godman, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Philip Henry Gosse, Mary Agnes Chase, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, and Jean Baptiste Boisduval. After him are Nathaniel Lord Britton, Georg Ossian Sars, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Joseph Leidy, and Charles De Geer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, William Speirs Bruce ranks 102. Before him are Ivan Grohar, John Rogan, Phan Bội Châu, Prince Henri of Orléans, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, and James Quibell. After him are Domenico Mezzadri, Max Jakob Friedländer, Ker-Xavier Roussel, George Andrew Reisner, Alfred Kerr, and Albert Bassermann. Among people deceased in 1921, William Speirs Bruce ranks 79. Before him are Franz Defregger, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, François Hennebique, Déodat de Séverac, Max Noether, and Alexander Dutov. After him are E. W. Hornung, Eduardo Dato, Gabriela Zapolska, Alfred Grandidier, Colin Archer, and Yaa Asantewaa.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Speirs Bruce ranks 2,825 out of 8,785. Before him are Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865), John Robison (1739), Steven Wilson (1967), James Glaisher (1809), George Cruikshank (1792), and Caroline Goodall (1959). After him are Cyril Jackson (1903), Robert Holdstock (1948), Paul Kennedy (1945), William Ernest Henley (1849), Harry Andrews (1911), and John Osborne (1929).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Speirs Bruce ranks 89. Before him are Rupert Sheldrake (1942), Robert Fortune (1812), Sarah Gilbert (1962), John Gilbert Baker (1834), Frederick DuCane Godman (1834), and Philip Henry Gosse (1810). After him are Charles Walter De Vis (1829), Patrick Manson (1844), Ray Lankester (1847), John Richardson (1787), Philip Barker-Webb (1793), and William John Burchell (1781).

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