1747 - 1827
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, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 243 out of 323. Before 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.
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 237
1902 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 238
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 239
1819 - 1884
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 240
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 241
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 242
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 243
1955 - 2023
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 244
1815 - 1885
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 245
1898 - 1938
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 246
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 247
1855 - 1934
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 248
1810 - 1881
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 249
Among people born in 1747, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 19. Before 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 26. Before 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.
1747 - 1793
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 13
1747 - 1822
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 14
1747 - 1837
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 15
1747 - 1813
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 16
1747 - 1795
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 17
1747 - 1835
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 18
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 19
1747 - 1795
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 20
1747 - 1811
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 21
1747 - 1811
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 22
1747 - 1826
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 23
1747 - 1813
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 24
1747 - 1812
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 25
1780 - 1827
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 20
1742 - 1827
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 21
1751 - 1827
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 22
1820 - 1827
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 23
1772 - 1827
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 24
1752 - 1827
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 25
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 26
1794 - 1827
HPI: 48.02
Rank: 27
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 28
1737 - 1827
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 29
1776 - 1827
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 30
1780 - 1827
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 31
1757 - 1827
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 32
Among people born in France, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 3,812 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1857 - 1934
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,806
1761 - 1818
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,807
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,808
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,809
1886 - 1979
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,810
1930 - 2022
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,811
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,812
1489 - 1562
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,813
1835 - 1903
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,814
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,815
1818 - 1898
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 3,816
1888 - 1914
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 3,817
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 3,818
Among engineers born in France, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne ranks 46. Before 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).
1810 - 1878
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 40
1769 - 1849
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 41
1798 - 1874
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 42
1802 - 1873
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 43
1843 - 1918
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 44
1819 - 1884
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 45
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 46
1815 - 1885
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 47
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 48
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 49
1852 - 1936
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 50
1840 - 1912
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 51
1881 - 1957
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 52