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William Withering

1741 - 1799

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William Withering FRS (17 March 1741 – 6 October 1799) was an English botanist, geologist, chemist, physician and first systematic investigator of the bioactivity of digitalis. Withering was born in Wellington, Shropshire, the son of a surgeon. He trained as a physician and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh Medical School. He worked at Birmingham General Hospital from 1779. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Withering is the 696th most popular biologist (down from 640th in 2019), the 3,200th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,101st in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, William Withering ranks 696 out of 1,097. Before him are Alfred Sturtevant, Josef August Schultes, Jean-Étienne Guettard, Anton Reichenow, Auguste Duméril, and Elisabeth Christina von Linné. After him are Albert Bernhard Frank, Michael Sela, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, Pier Andrea Saccardo, and Conrad Moench.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1741, William Withering ranks 23. Before him are Augustin Barruel, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, Arthur Young, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Ivan Gudovich, and José Cadalso. After him are Carl Hindenburg, Franciszek Karpiński, Charles Willson Peale, Aagje Deken, Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain, and John Langdon. Among people deceased in 1799, William Withering ranks 33. Before him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, Johann Julius Walbaum, and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt. After him are Francesco Mario Pagano, Alexander Bezborodko, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Vasily Bazhenov, and William Paca.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 3,201 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Simson (1687), Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Ken Livingstone (1945), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Frederick Abberline (1843), and Gary Neville (1975). After him are Edward Braddock (1695), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Dominic West (1969), Stanley Baker (1928), Harry Styles (1994), and Andrew Scott Waugh (1810).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, William Withering ranks 101. Before him are William John Burchell (1781), Aylmer Bourke Lambert (1761), Daniel Oliver (1830), James Francis Stephens (1792), Paul Nurse (1949), and John Sims (1749). After him are N. E. Brown (1849), Anthony R. Hunter (1943), James Sowerby (1757), Thomas Nuttall (1786), John Anderson (1833), and Richard Anthony Salisbury (1761).

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