BIOLOGIST

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

1856 - 1901

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Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (12 May 1856 – 9 September 1901) was a German botanist and phytogeographer who made major contributions in the fields of histology, ecology and plant geography. He travelled to South East Asia and the Caribbean as part of the 1899 deep-sea expedition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper has received more than 62,366 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper is the 614th most popular biologist, the 3,997th most popular biography from France and the 84th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 614 out of 1,097. Before him are Martin Rathke, James Francis Stephens, Richard Goldschmidt, George Clifford III, Alfred Sturtevant, and Ray Lankester. After him are Rolf Singer, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Karl Rudolphi, George C. Williams, and Nils Johan Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 92. Before him are Carl Axel Magnus Lindman, Aleksander Brückner, Elbert Hubbard, Apollinary Vasnetsov, James Buchanan Duke, and Ernesto Schiaparelli. After him are Władysław Ślewiński, Edmund Beecher Wilson, Gabrielle Réjane, Paul von Jankó, Alberto Palacio, and Jinzō Matsumura. Among people deceased in 1901, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 59. Before him are Arvid Posse, Marthinus Wessel Pretorius, Peter Benoit, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Václav Brožík, and Alfred Tysoe. After him are Charlotte Mary Yonge, Julius Zeyer, Mariano Ignacio Prado, Henry Augustus Rowland, Henry Peach Robinson, and Giulio Bizzozero.

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In France

Among people born in France, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 3,997 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Dancla (1817), Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), Nicolas de Fer (1646), Paul Déroulède (1846), Jacqueline de Romilly (1913), and Jean-Louis de Rambures (1930). After him are Prosper-René Blondlot (1849), Jeannot Szwarc (1937), Désirée Artôt (1835), Cecilia of Normandy (1056), Édouard Artigas (1906), and Jehan Buhan (1912).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 84. Before him are Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan (1814), Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715), Antoine Risso (1777), Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800), René Dubos (1901), and Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813). After him are Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), Émile Duclaux (1840), René Maire (1878), and Adrien René Franchet (1834).

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