BIOLOGIST

Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart

1801 - 1876

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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (French: [adɔlf teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ]) FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of paleobotany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart has received more than 27,371 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart is the 309th most popular biologist (down from 276th in 2019), the 2,614th most popular biography from France (down from 2,441st in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 309 out of 1,097. Before him are James P. Allison, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Johann Hedwig, Charles Plumier, Albert Günther, and Pieter Boddaert. After him are Josias Braun-Blanquet, Lev Berg, Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Anton Reichenow, Patrick Geddes, and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 37. Before him are Karl Baedeker, Justo José de Urquiza, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Henri Labrouste, Johann Nestroy, and Julius Plücker. After him are Salvadore Cammarano, Fredrika Bremer, Armand Trousseau, Émile Littré, Vincenzo Gioberti, and Constantine, Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Among people deceased in 1876, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 31. Before him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Eugène Fromentin, George Smith, Friedrich Christian Diez, and Friedrich von Berchtold. After him are Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Louise Colet, Giacomo Antonelli, Aleksander Fredro, Manuel Blanco Encalada, and Karl Eichwald.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 2,614 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Lavigerie (1825), Yves Rocher (1930), Louis, Duke of Montpensier (1513), Claude Goudimel (1514), Sheila (1945), and Dominique, comte de Cassini (1748). After him are Louise Henriette de Bourbon (1726), Jacques-François Menou (1750), Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114), Marius Aventicensis (532), Jean-Jacques Barthélemy (1716), and Christian Metz (1931).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 38. Before him are René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Johann Hermann (1738), Félix d'Herelle (1873), and Charles Plumier (1646). After him are Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), Charles Chamberland (1851), Philibert Commerson (1727), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Louis Claude Richard (1754).

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