BIOLOGIST

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

1748 - 1836

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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan loʁɑ̃ də ʒysjø]; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu has received more than 175,921 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Antoine Laurent de Jussieu is the 39th most popular biologist (up from 79th in 2019), the 578th most popular biography from France (up from 904th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Biologist.

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu is most famous for his work in botany. He was the first to divide plants into four major groups, which are still used today.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 39 out of 1,097. Before him are Albrecht Kossel, Charles Richet, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Harald zur Hausen, Dian Fossey, and Karl von Frisch. After him are Lazzaro Spallanzani, Vladimir Vernadsky, Karl Ernst von Baer, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Christian de Duve, and Hans Spemann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 9. Before him are Olympe de Gouges, Charles IV of Spain, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Charles XIII of Sweden, Adam Weishaupt, and Claude Louis Berthollet. After him are William V, Prince of Orange, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Christian Gottlob Neefe, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Adamantios Korais, and Benedict Joseph Labre. Among people deceased in 1836, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 6. Before him are André-Marie Ampère, Charles X of France, Letizia Ramolino, James Madison, and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès. After him are William Godwin, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Davy Crockett, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Maria Malibran, and Claude-Louis Navier.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 578 out of 6,770. Before him are Alaric II (458), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Peter the Hermit (1050), Paul Bocuse (1926), Karl Brandt (1904), and Charles, Duke of Orléans (1394). After him are Luigi Lucheni (1873), Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy (1383), Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Francis, Duke of Guise (1519), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 6. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), Georges Cuvier (1769), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Luc Montagnier (1932), and Charles Richet (1850). After him are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Roger Guillemin (1924), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), François Jacob (1920), and Adelbert von Chamisso (1781).

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