Biologist

Anna Weber-van Bosse

Dutch phycologist

1852 - 1942

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Anna Weber-van Bosse

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Anna Weber-van Bosse is the 965th most popular biologist, the 866th most popular biography from Netherlands and the 19th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Anna Weber-van Bosse is most famous for her pioneering work in phycology, particularly her extensive collections and descriptions of marine algae from the Dutch East Indies. A surprising fact is that she continued her research and published over 50 scientific papers well into her 80s, despite facing significant gender barriers in the scientific community. Her lasting impact includes the identification of hundreds of new algal species, which remain essential for modern studies of biodiversity and marine ecology.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Anna Weber-van Bosse ranks 965 out of 1,097. Before her are Jinzō Matsumura, Gilbert White, Colin Munro MacLeod, Robert Morison, Grigore Antipa, and Ivan Lepyokhin. After her are Curt Backeberg, William Diller Matthew, Archibald Menzies, John Torrey, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, and Richard Evans Schultes.

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Richard Evans Schultes
1915 - 2001
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Anna Weber-van Bosse ranks 116. Before her are Léon Moreaux, Joseph Timchenko, Theodore Robinson, Máximo Tajes, James Dwight, and Robert Hausmann. After her are George Clausen, Alexander Wittek, John Neville Keynes, Anna Whitlock, Charles Kent, and J. Alden Weir. Among people deceased in 1942, Anna Weber-van Bosse ranks 228. Before her are Františka Plamínková, George M. Cohan, Jonas Vileišis, Belisario Porras Barahona, Mikhail Yefremov, and Gyula Prassler. After her are Laura Hope Crews, Sidney Fox, Marcellin Boule, August von Gödrich, John Goodall, and William Carr.

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Léon Moreaux
ATHLETE
1852 - 1921
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 110
Joseph Timchenko
INVENTOR
1852 - 1924
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 111
Theodore Robinson
PAINTER
1852 - 1896
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 112
Máximo Tajes
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1912
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 113
James Dwight
TENNIS PLAYER
1852 - 1917
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 114
Robert Hausmann
MUSICIAN
1852 - 1909
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 115
Anna Weber-van Bosse
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1942
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 116
George Clausen
PAINTER
1852 - 1944
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 117
Alexander Wittek
ARCHITECT
1852 - 1894
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 118
John Neville Keynes
ECONOMIST
1852 - 1949
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 119
Anna Whitlock
JOURNALIST
1852 - 1930
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 120
Charles Kent
ACTOR
1852 - 1923
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 121
J. Alden Weir
PAINTER
1852 - 1919
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 122

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Františka Plamínková
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1942
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 222
George M. Cohan
ACTOR
1878 - 1942
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 223
Jonas Vileišis
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1942
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 224
Belisario Porras Barahona
POLITICIAN
1856 - 1942
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 225
Mikhail Yefremov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1942
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Rank: 226
Gyula Prassler
SOCCER PLAYER
1916 - 1942
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Rank: 227
Anna Weber-van Bosse
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1942
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Rank: 228
Laura Hope Crews
ACTOR
1879 - 1942
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 229
Sidney Fox
ACTOR
1907 - 1942
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Rank: 230
Marcellin Boule
ANTHROPOLOGIST
1861 - 1942
HPI: 53.75
Rank: 231
August von Gödrich
CYCLIST
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 232
John Goodall
SOCCER PLAYER
1863 - 1942
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 233
William Carr
ATHLETE
1876 - 1942
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 234

In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Anna Weber-van Bosse ranks 866 out of NaN. Before her are Ian Buruma (1951), Gustav de Vries (1866), Jan Wienese (1942), Anton Pronk (1941), Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello (1822), and Regillio Simons (1973). After her are Andries Jonker (1962), Joris Mathijsen (1980), Puck van Heel (1904), Felix Andries Vening Meinesz (1887), Gijsbert van Tienhoven (1841), and Guido Imbens (1963).

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Ian Buruma
WRITER
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 860
Gustav de Vries
MATHEMATICIAN
1866 - 1934
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 861
Jan Wienese
ATHLETE
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 862
Anton Pronk
SOCCER PLAYER
1941 - 2016
HPI: 53.94
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Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
POLITICIAN
1822 - 1895
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Regillio Simons
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HPI: 53.90
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Andries Jonker
SOCCER PLAYER
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 867
Joris Mathijsen
SOCCER PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 868
Puck van Heel
SOCCER PLAYER
1904 - 1984
HPI: 53.82
Rank: 869
Felix Andries Vening Meinesz
GEOLOGIST
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.81
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Gijsbert van Tienhoven
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