BIOLOGIST

Alexander von Nordmann

1803 - 1866

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Alexander von Nordmann (24 May 1803 in Ruotsinsalmi, Vyborg Governorate – 25 June 1866 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a 19th-century Finnish biologist, who contributed to zoology, parasitology, botany and paleontology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander von Nordmann has received more than 23,548 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Alexander von Nordmann is the 329th most popular biologist, the 102nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 99th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Finnish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Alexander von Nordmann ranks 329 out of 1,097. Before him are Phillip Allen Sharp, Michał Boym, Armen Takhtajan, Erich von Tschermak, Philibert Commerson, and Auguste Chevalier. After him are Leizu, George Ord, Hermann Burmeister, Motoo Kimura, Craig Venter, and Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Alexander von Nordmann ranks 35. Before him are Robert Stephenson, Henri Herz, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Karl Gützlaff, Heinrich Wilhelm Dove, and Edgar Quinet. After him are Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, Elisa Radziwiłł, Ludwig Richter, Franz Lachner, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duke of Caxias, and C. L. Gloger. Among people deceased in 1866, Alexander von Nordmann ranks 17. Before him are Adolph Diesterweg, Friedrich Rückert, Paul Gavarni, Thomas Hodgkin, Rikard Nordraak, and Winfield Scott. After him are Madame Clicquot Ponsardin, George Ord, Massimo d'Azeglio, Nadezhda Durova, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Alexander von Nordmann ranks 102 out of 751. Before him are Pentti Linkola (1932), Rolf Nevanlinna (1895), Arvid Horn (1664), Väinö Tanner (1881), Fredrika Bremer (1801), and Mauritz Stiller (1883). After him are Renny Harlin (1959), Jörn Donner (1933), Nils-Aslak Valkeapää (1943), Karl-August Fagerholm (1901), Oskar Merikanto (1868), and Mika Salo (1966).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Finland

Among biologists born in Finland, Alexander von Nordmann ranks 2. Before him are Peter Forsskål (1732). After him are Christian von Steven (1781), Petter Adolf Karsten (1834), and Ilkka Hanski (1953).

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