1834 - 1900
Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by French Catholic missionaries in China, Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges, Jean-André Soulié, and others. He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera Primula and Rhododendron. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adrien René Franchet has received more than 17,416 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Adrien René Franchet is the 641st most popular biologist (down from 531st in 2019), the 3,959th most popular biography from France (down from 3,356th in 2019) and the 91st most popular French Biologist.
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Among biologists, Adrien René Franchet ranks 641 out of 841. Before him are George Newbold Lawrence, Heinrich von Kittlitz, Johann Natterer, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Johan Lange, and Philip Barker-Webb. After him are Kristine Bonnevie, Benjamin Smith Barton, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Wilhelm Hemprich, Gabriel Bibron, and Rolf Singer.
1806 - 1895
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 635
1799 - 1874
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 636
1787 - 1843
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 637
1856 - 1931
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 638
1818 - 1898
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 639
1793 - 1854
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 640
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 641
1872 - 1948
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 642
1766 - 1815
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 643
1855 - 1904
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 644
1796 - 1825
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 645
1805 - 1848
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 646
1906 - 1994
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 647
Among people born in 1834, Adrien René Franchet ranks 71. Before him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Todor Burmov, John Wesley Powell, Felix Dahn, Franz Steindachner, and Edwin Klebs. After him are Maurice Raynaud, Louis Ruchonnet, Manuel Pardo, Friedrich Tietjen, George du Maurier, and Heinrich Caro. Among people deceased in 1900, Adrien René Franchet ranks 70. Before him are Sigbjørn Obstfelder, Catherine Wolfe Bruce, Gustaf Åkerhielm, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Wilhelm Kühne, and Gustav Hartlaub. After him are Victoire Léodile Béra, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, and Nicolae Crețulescu.
1834 - 1898
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 65
1834 - 1906
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 66
1834 - 1902
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 67
1834 - 1912
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 68
1834 - 1919
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 69
1834 - 1913
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 70
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 71
1834 - 1881
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 72
1834 - 1893
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 73
1834 - 1878
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 74
1834 - 1895
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 75
1834 - 1896
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 76
1834 - 1910
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 77
1866 - 1900
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 64
1816 - 1900
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 65
1833 - 1900
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 66
1835 - 1900
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 67
1837 - 1900
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 68
1814 - 1900
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 69
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 70
1824 - 1900
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 71
1823 - 1900
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 72
1819 - 1900
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 73
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 74
1844 - 1900
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 75
1812 - 1900
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 76
Among people born in France, Adrien René Franchet ranks 3,959 out of 6,011. Before him are Nicolas Dalayrac (1753), Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe (1729), Geoffrey I of Provence (1013), Dominique Baratelli (1947), Jean Richard (1921), and William Gallas (1977). After him are Audrey Fleurot (1977), Antonin Mercié (1845), Louis Hémon (1880), Pierre Emmanuel (1916), Ludivine Sagnier (1979), and Louis Vicat (null).
1753 - 1809
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,953
1729 - 1800
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 3,954
1013 - 1063
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 3,955
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,956
1921 - 2001
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 3,957
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 3,958
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 3,959
1977 - Present
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 3,960
1845 - 1916
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 3,961
1880 - 1913
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 3,962
1916 - 1984
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 3,963
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 3,964
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 3,965
Among biologists born in France, Adrien René Franchet ranks 91. Before him are Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Augustin Saint-Hilaire (1779), Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804), Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835), Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799), and Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759). After him are Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), Gabriel Bibron (1805), Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810), Théodore Monod (1902), Paul Gervais (1816), and Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800).
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 85
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 86
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 87
1835 - 1900
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 88
1799 - 1879
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 89
1759 - 1828
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 90
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 91
1855 - 1904
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 92
1805 - 1848
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 93
1810 - 1892
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 94
1902 - 2000
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 95
1816 - 1879
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 96
1800 - 1871
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 97