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William Thomas Blanford

1832 - 1905

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William Thomas Blanford (7 October 1832 – 23 June 1905) was an English geologist and naturalist. He is best remembered as the editor of a major series on The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Thomas Blanford is the 811th most popular biologist (down from 772nd in 2019), the 3,650th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,733rd in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Thomas Blanford ranks 811 out of 1,097. Before him are Jane Colden, Ludwik Hirszfeld, Giacomo Bresadola, Johann Jacob Dillenius, Jules Pierre Rambur, and Aimée Antoinette Camus. After him are João Barbosa Rodrigues, Herbert Giles, Mary-Claire King, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Heinrich Göppert, and André Thouin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, William Thomas Blanford ranks 81. Before him are Victor Meirelles, Carl Neumann, Luigi Jacobini, Mary Edwards Walker, Zsófia Torma, and Eugenio Montero Ríos. After him are Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Juan Montalvo, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, Heinrich Gerber, Walter Q. Gresham, and Isaac Israel Hayes. Among people deceased in 1905, William Thomas Blanford ranks 76. Before him are Charles Yerkes, Hranush Arshagyan, Francesco Tamagno, Louis-Ernest Barrias, Ralph Copeland, and Harold Mahony. After him are Kārlis Baumanis, Étienne Desmarteau, Francisco Silvela, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Theodoros Diligiannis, and Gyula Szapáry.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Thomas Blanford ranks 3,651 out of 8,785. Before him are Graham Sutherland (1903), Thomas Nashe (1567), Elizabeth Goudge (1900), Charles Winslow (1888), Frank Wild (1873), and Dugald Stewart (1753). After him are Isaac Watts (1674), William Hopkins (1793), Diana Dors (1931), Dave Davies (1947), Harry Patch (1898), and Herbert Giles (1845).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Thomas Blanford ranks 118. Before him are David Don (1799), Mary F. Lyon (1925), Albert Bruce Jackson (1876), Richard Thomas Lowe (1802), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), and Lilian Gibbs (1870). After him are Herbert Giles (1845), John Abbot (1751), Gilbert Thomas Burnett (1800), John Gerard (1545), Osbert Salvin (1835), and William Kirby (1759).

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