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William T. Stearn

1911 - 2001

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William Thomas Stearn (; 16 April 1911 – 9 May 2001) was a British botanist. Born in Cambridge in 1911, he was largely self-educated and developed an early interest in books and natural history. His initial work experience was at a Cambridge bookshop, but he also had an occupation as an assistant in the university botany department. At the age of 29, he married Eldwyth Ruth Alford, who later became his collaborator. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William T. Stearn is the 466th most popular biologist (up from 955th in 2019), the 2,367th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,831st in 2019) and the 75th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William T. Stearn ranks 466 out of 1,097. Before him are Anna Russell, Peter Artedi, Alexander Kovalevsky, Luther Burbank, Marie Stopes, and Alain Bombard. After him are Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, Richard Lydekker, Philipp Johann Ferdinand Schur, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, Salim Ali, and Sewall Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, William T. Stearn ranks 144. Before him are José María Arguedas, Mikhail Yangel, Merle Oberon, Mstislav Keldysh, Aliya bint Ali, and Maclyn McCarty. After him are Tilly Fleischer, George Borg Olivier, Leah Goldberg, Otakar Vávra, Mirzo Tursunzoda, and Marta Hillers. Among people deceased in 2001, William T. Stearn ranks 114. Before him are Richard Wurmbrand, Adhemar da Silva, Henri Alekan, Leila Pahlavi, Javier Urruticoechea, and Ken Tyrrell. After him are Michael Ritchie, Stefan Heym, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Aaliyah, Alexei Tupolev, and Barend Biesheuvel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 2,367 out of 8,785. Before him are John Evelyn (1620), Reg Park (1928), Brian Bennett (1940), Edwina Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma (1901), Dudley Moore (1935), and Princess Eugenie of York (1990). After him are Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Andrew Bertie (1929), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), Francis de Laporte de Castelnau (1810), Henry Irving (1838), and Frederick Copleston (1907).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William T. Stearn ranks 75. Before him are Mary Elizabeth Barber (1818), John Stevens Henslow (1796), Alexander Wilson (1766), Francis Darwin (1848), Anna Russell (1807), and Marie Stopes (1880). After him are Richard Lydekker (1849), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), William Hudson (1730), Alec Jeffreys (1950), Susan Greenfield, Baroness Greenfield (1950), and William Curtis (1746).

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