BIOLOGIST

William Yarrell

1784 - 1856

William Yarrell

William Yarrell (3 June 1784 – 1 September 1856) was an English zoologist, prolific writer, bookseller and naturalist admired by his contemporaries for his precise scientific work. Yarrell is best known as the author of A History of British Fishes (2 vols., 1836) and A History of British Birds featuring 564 original engravings (in 3 vols., first ed. 1843, second ed. 1845, third ed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Yarrell is the 948th most popular biologist (down from 903rd in 2019), the 4,425th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,413th in 2019) and the 155th most popular British Biologist.

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Among biologists, William Yarrell ranks 948 out of 1,097. Before him are Maxine Singer, Maxwell T. Masters, Outram Bangs, Mark Catesby, Karl Patterson Schmidt, and Jacob Bjerknes. After him are William Beebe, Félix de Avelar Brotero, Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Daniel Giraud Elliot, Osamu Hayaishi, and Robert May, Baron May of Oxford.

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Maxine Singer
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HPI: 54.46
Rank: 942
Maxwell T. Masters
1833 - 1907
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 943
Outram Bangs
1863 - 1932
HPI: 54.42
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Mark Catesby
1683 - 1749
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 945
Karl Patterson Schmidt
1890 - 1957
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 946
Jacob Bjerknes
1897 - 1975
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 947
William Yarrell
1784 - 1856
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 948
William Beebe
1877 - 1962
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 949
Félix de Avelar Brotero
1744 - 1828
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 950
Elizabeth Gertrude Britton
1858 - 1934
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 951
Daniel Giraud Elliot
1835 - 1915
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 952
Osamu Hayaishi
1920 - 2015
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 953
Robert May, Baron May of Oxford
1936 - 2020
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 954

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1784, William Yarrell ranks 49. Before him are José Tadeo Monagas, Charles Dupin, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Christopher Hansteen, Leopoldo Nobili, and José María Pérez de Urdininea. After him is George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. Among people deceased in 1856, William Yarrell ranks 52. Before him are Ivan Kireyevsky, Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet, Michel Félix Dunal, John M. Clayton, Frederick William Beechey, and Joseph Meyer. After him are Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, Thomas Doughty, John M. Berrien, John Eaton, and George Don.

Others Born in 1784

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José Tadeo Monagas
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1868
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 43
Charles Dupin
MATHEMATICIAN
1784 - 1873
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 44
Nicaise Auguste Desvaux
BIOLOGIST
1784 - 1856
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 45
Christopher Hansteen
ASTRONOMER
1784 - 1873
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 46
Leopoldo Nobili
PHYSICIST
1784 - 1835
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 47
José María Pérez de Urdininea
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1865
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 48
William Yarrell
BIOLOGIST
1784 - 1856
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 49
George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1849
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 50

Others Deceased in 1856

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Ivan Kireyevsky
PHILOSOPHER
1806 - 1856
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 46
Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1856
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 47
Michel Félix Dunal
BIOLOGIST
1789 - 1856
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 48
John M. Clayton
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1856
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 49
Frederick William Beechey
EXPLORER
1796 - 1856
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 50
Joseph Meyer
WRITER
1796 - 1856
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 51
William Yarrell
BIOLOGIST
1784 - 1856
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 52
Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge
POLITICIAN
1785 - 1856
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 53
Thomas Doughty
PAINTER
1793 - 1856
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 54
John M. Berrien
POLITICIAN
1781 - 1856
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 55
John Eaton
POLITICIAN
1790 - 1856
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 56
George Don
BIOLOGIST
1798 - 1856
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 57