Richard Richardson

English physician and botanist (1663-1741)
Person human Q18783919
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Summary

Richard Richardson was born on January 1, 1663[1]. He died on January 1, 1741[2]. He worked as a botanist[3], physician[4], and antiquarian bookseller[5]. He ranks in the top 0.73% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (21 views/month, #7,299 of 1,000,298).[6]

Key Facts

  • Date of birth: September 1663[7]
  • Date of death: April 21, 1741[8]
  • Child: Dorothy Richardson[9], Henry Richardson[10]
  • Country of citizenship: Kingdom of England[11], Kingdom of Great Britain[12]
  • Member of: Royal Society[13]
  • Sex or gender: male[14]
  • Family name: Richardson[15]
  • Given name: Richard[16]
  • Described by source: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900[17]
  • Languages spoken, written or signed: English[18]

FAQs

What did Richard Richardson do for work?

Richard Richardson worked as a botanist[3], physician[4], and antiquarian bookseller[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [14] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . The Peerage. wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . en.wikisource.org. en.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . FINA Wiki. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [2] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . FINA Wiki. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . International Plant Names Index. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [6] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Epìdosis · 2026-10-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sbn author id → SBNV084112
    Sitelink count → 1
    Wikipedia languages → ['en']
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 10w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
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  3. 13w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → botanist, physician, antiquarian bookseller
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/42630|batch #42630]]: TP named as #10c"
  4. 22w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Six degrees of francis bacon id → 10010278
    Harvard index of botanists id → 13150
    Alvin id → alvin-person:57702
    Date of birth → +1663-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1663-09-00T00:00:00Z
    + 35 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/30846|batch #30846]]: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (4)"
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