1844 - 1930
Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler (25 March 1844 – 10 October 1930) was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, such as Die natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien (The Natural Plant Families), edited with Karl A. E. von Prantl. Even now, his system of plant classification, the Engler system, is still used by many herbaria and is followed by writers of many manuals and floras. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Engler has received more than 86,699 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Adolf Engler is the 222nd most popular biologist (down from 165th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Poland (down from 284th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Polish Biologist.
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Among biologists, Adolf Engler ranks 222 out of 841. Before him are Pierre Belon, Michael Rosbash, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Michael W. Young, Erik Acharius, and Carl Ludwig Willdenow. After him are Eva Ekeblad, Bruce Beutler, H. Robert Horvitz, Peter Forsskål, John Lindley, and Francisco Varela.
1517 - 1564
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 216
1944 - Present
HPI: 56.25
Rank: 217
1756 - 1825
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 218
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 219
1757 - 1819
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 220
1765 - 1812
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 221
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 222
1724 - 1786
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 223
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 224
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 225
1732 - 1763
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 226
1799 - 1865
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 227
1946 - 2001
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 228
Among people born in 1844, Adolf Engler ranks 34. Before him are Karl Lueger, Julius Wellhausen, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Henry J. Heinz. After him are Mihály Munkácsy, Eduard Strasburger, Louis Riel, Minna Canth, Thomas Eakins, and Joshua Slocum. Among people deceased in 1930, Adolf Engler ranks 40. Before him are Vasily Bartold, Otto Sverdrup, Vladimir Arsenyev, Waldemar Haffkine, José Carlos Mariátegui, and Theodor Nöldeke. After him are Eduard Meyer, Emil Krebs, Rafael Merry del Val, Riccardo Drigo, Frank P. Ramsey, and Infante Antonio, Duke of Galliera.
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 28
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 30
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 31
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 32
1844 - 1919
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 33
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 34
1844 - 1900
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 35
1844 - 1912
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 36
1844 - 1885
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 37
1844 - 1897
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 38
1844 - 1916
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 39
1844 - 1909
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 40
1869 - 1930
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 34
1854 - 1930
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 35
1872 - 1930
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 36
1860 - 1930
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 37
1894 - 1930
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 38
1836 - 1930
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 39
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 40
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 41
1867 - 1930
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 42
1865 - 1930
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 43
1846 - 1930
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 44
1903 - 1930
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 45
1866 - 1930
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 46
Among people born in Poland, Adolf Engler ranks 384 out of 1,454. Before him are Christoph Eschenbach (1940), I. L. Peretz (1852), Hyacinth of Poland (1185), Nikita Ivanovich Panin (1718), Alexandre Tansman (1897), and Horst Mahler (1936). After him are Josef Hofmann (1876), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Dita Parlo (1906), Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464), Lubomyr Husar (1933), and Artur Schnabel (1882).
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 378
1852 - 1915
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 379
1185 - 1257
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 380
1718 - 1783
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 381
1897 - 1986
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 382
1936 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 383
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 384
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 385
1485 - 1558
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 386
1906 - 1971
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 387
1464 - 1512
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 388
1933 - 2017
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 389
1882 - 1951
HPI: 55.87
Rank: 390
Among biologists born in Poland, Adolf Engler ranks 4. Before him are Günter Blobel (1936), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), and Georg Forster (1754). After him are Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Julius von Sachs (1832), Martin Rathke (1793), C. L. Gloger (1803), Johannes Thiele (1860), Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884), Gustav Radde (1831), and Władysław Taczanowski (1819).
1936 - 2018
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1
1828 - 1898
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 2
1754 - 1794
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 3
1844 - 1930
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 4
1729 - 1798
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 5
1832 - 1897
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 6
1793 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 7
1803 - 1863
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 8
1860 - 1935
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 9
1884 - 1954
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 10
1831 - 1903
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 11
1819 - 1890
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 12