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Antoine Nicolas Duchesne

1747 - 1827

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Antoine Nicolas Duchesne (born 7 October 1747 Versailles; died 18 February 1827 Paris) was a French botanist known for his keen observation of variation within species, and for demonstrating that species are not immutable, because mutations can occur. "As Duchesne's observations were unaided by knowledge of modern concepts of genetics and molecular biology, his insight was truly remarkable." His particular interests were in strawberries and gourds.Duchesne worked in the gardens of Versailles, where he was a student of Bernard de Jussieu and corresponded with Carl Linnaeus. He established a notable collection of strawberries in the botanical garden of the Petit Trianon and was the first to document the separation of sexes in wild strawberry and the hybrid origin of the garden strawberry.The genus Duchesnea Sm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antoine Nicolas Duchesne has received more than 37,581 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Nicolas Duchesne is the 243rd most popular engineer (down from 190th in 2019), the 3,812th most popular biography from France (down from 2,986th in 2019) and the 46th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 243 out of 323Before her are Johannes Winkler, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Verghese Kurien, Jean-Augustin Barral, Percy Hobart, and Hendrik Wade Bode. After her are Sherif Ismail, Ernest Goüin, Georgy Langemak, Mal Evans, Oskar von Miller, and Robert Mallet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 19Before her are Armand Louis de Gontaut, Józef Wybicki, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Grigory Shelikhov, and Franz von Paula Schrank. After her are Eugenio Espejo, Benjamin Vulliamy, György Bessenyei, Iolo Morganwg, Samuel Osgood, and Gunning Bedford Jr.. Among people deceased in 1827, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 26Before her are Georgios Karaiskakis, Charlotte von Stein, Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen, Pōmare III, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, and Johann Gottfried Eichhorn. After her are Heinrich Boie, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, Morten Thrane Brünnich, José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi, Henry Salt, and Countess Friederike von Schlieben.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 3,812 out of 6,011Before her are Gustave Lanson (1857), Marie-Gabrielle Capet (1761), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Christophe Dugarry (1972), Paul Paray (1886), and Michel Deguy (1930). After her are François de Tournon (1489), Paul Du Chaillu (1835), Christophe Gans (1960), Louis Buffet (1818), Jean Bouin (1888), and Daniel Morelon (1944).

Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 46Before her are Eugène Belgrand (1810), Marc Isambard Brunel (1769), Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont (1798), Eugène Flachat (1802), Marcel Deprez (1843), and Jean-Augustin Barral (1819). After her are Ernest Goüin (1815), Louis Vicat (null), Louis Pouzin (1931), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Émile Lemoine (1840), and Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881).