Biologist

Peter Ascanius

Norwegian biologist; student of Linnaeus

1723 - 1803

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Peter Ascanius

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Peter Ascanius is the 894th most popular biologist (down from 893rd in 2024), the 352nd most popular biography from Norway (up from 405th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Peter Ascanius ranks 894 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Tate Regan, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Thomas Andrew Knight, Jakob Emanuel Lange, William Townsend Aiton, and Tokiharu Abe. After him are Johann August Ephraim Goeze, Paul Henri Lecomte, Frederic Clements, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim.

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HPI: 55.55
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HPI: 55.53
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HPI: 55.48
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Peter Ascanius
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HPI: 55.47
Rank: 894
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HPI: 55.45
Rank: 895
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HPI: 55.44
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HPI: 55.40
Rank: 897
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HPI: 55.39
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HPI: 55.39
Rank: 899
Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim
1888 - 1948
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 900

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Peter Ascanius ranks 27. Before him are William Blackstone, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, Antoine Louis, William Chambers, John Byron, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. After him are Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, William Livingston, and Crispus Attucks. Among people deceased in 1803, Peter Ascanius ranks 40. Before him are Peter Woulfe, Jean François de Saint-Lambert, George Bass, Georges-Louis Le Sage, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim, and Lemuel Francis Abbott. After him are Nikolay Lvov, and Robert Emmet.

Others Born in 1723

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William Blackstone
LAWYER
1723 - 1780
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 21
Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1787
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 22
Antoine Louis
PHYSICIAN
1723 - 1792
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 23
William Chambers
ARCHITECT
1723 - 1796
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 24
John Byron
EXPLORER
1723 - 1786
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 25
Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
BIOLOGIST
1723 - 1778
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 26
Peter Ascanius
BIOLOGIST
1723 - 1803
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 27
Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1802
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 28
Richard Price
PHILOSOPHER
1723 - 1791
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 29
William Livingston
POLITICIAN
1723 - 1790
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 30
Crispus Attucks
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1723 - 1770
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 31

Others Deceased in 1803

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Peter Woulfe
CHEMIST
1727 - 1803
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 34
Jean François de Saint-Lambert
PHILOSOPHER
1716 - 1803
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 35
George Bass
EXPLORER
1771 - 1803
HPI: 57.40
Rank: 36
Georges-Louis Le Sage
PHYSICIST
1724 - 1803
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 37
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim
WRITER
1719 - 1803
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 38
Lemuel Francis Abbott
PAINTER
1760 - 1803
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 39
Peter Ascanius
BIOLOGIST
1723 - 1803
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 40
Nikolay Lvov
ARCHITECT
1753 - 1803
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 41
Robert Emmet
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1778 - 1803
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 42