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Adam Afzelius

1750 - 1837

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Adam Afzelius (8 October 1750 – 20 January 1837) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. Afzelius was born at Larv in Västergötland in 1750. He was appointed teacher of oriental languages at Uppsala University in 1777, and in 1785 demonstrator of botany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adam Afzelius has received more than 32,785 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Afzelius is the 209th most popular biologist (up from 238th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Adam Afzelius ranks 209 out of 841. Before him are Waldemar Haffkine, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Jérôme Lejeune, Albert von Kölliker, Robert Gallo, and Hideyo Noguchi. After him are David Baltimore, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Georges J. F. Köhler, Willi Hennig, and Thomas Browne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Adam Afzelius ranks 16. Before him are Heshen, Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Massa, Murad Bey, Sheikh Mansur, Karl August von Hardenberg, and Ami Argand. After him are Princess Louise of Denmark, Henri Grégoire, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Jacques-François Menou, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu. Among people deceased in 1837, Adam Afzelius ranks 17. Before him are Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, François Gérard, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Philippe Buonarroti, and William George Horner. After him are Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, 10th Dalai Lama, Ludwig Börne, Mariano José de Larra, Gaspar del Bufalo, and Jean-François Le Sueur.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Adam Afzelius ranks 262 out of 1,612. Before him are Per Wahlöö (1926), Adolph John I, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1629), Maria Gripe (1923), Helge von Koch (1870), Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland (1889), and Camilla Läckberg (1974). After him are Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden (1277), Elsa Beskow (1874), Prince Carl Philip, Duke of Värmland (1979), Árni Magnússon (1663), Hans Blix (1928), and Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Adam Afzelius ranks 8. Before him are Hugo Theorell (1903), Tomas Lindahl (1938), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Elias Magnus Fries (1794), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), and Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741). After him are Erik Acharius (1757), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Anders Sparrman (1748), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Pehr Kalm (1716), and Daniel Solander (1733).

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