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BIOLOGIST

Adrien René Franchet

1834 - 1900

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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

Among biologists, Adrien René Franchet ranks 641 out of 841Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Adrien René Franchet ranks 71Before 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 70Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adrien René Franchet ranks 3,959 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Adrien René Franchet ranks 91Before 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).