BIOLOGIST

Antonio José Cavanilles

1745 - 1804

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Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist, artist and one of the most important figures in the 18th century period of Enlightenment in Spain. Cavanilles is most famous for his 2-volume book on Spanish flora, published in 1795 and titled ‘Observations on the Natural History, Geography and Agriculture of the Kingdom of Valencia’.He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, including Dahlia, Calycera, Cobaea, Galphimia, and Oleandra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antonio José Cavanilles has received more than 50,486 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio José Cavanilles is the 381st most popular biologist (down from 349th in 2019), the 927th most popular biography from Spain (down from 881st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 381 out of 1,097. Before him are Brian Kobilka, John Stevens Henslow, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Theodor Boveri, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Joy Adamson. After him are Ludwig Reichenbach, Samuel Frederick Gray, Roderick Murchison, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Julius von Sachs, and Robert Fortune.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 32. Before him are Isaac Titsingh, Bodawpaya, Caspar Wessel, Olaudah Equiano, Johann Peter Frank, and François-Jean de la Barre. After him are Gim Hongdo, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, Inō Tadataka, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Johann Peter Salomon, and Benjamin Rush. Among people deceased in 1804, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 26. Before him are Martin Vahl, Georges Cadoudal, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Aagje Deken, Carlo Allioni, and Philippe LeBon. After him are Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer, Sultan bin Ahmad, Paul Kray, Betje Wolff, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, and Philip Schuyler.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 927 out of 3,355. Before him are Anselmo Lorenzo (1841), Rocío Jurado (1946), Jesús Navas (1985), Marcelino García Toral (1965), Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque (1342), and Ricardo Viñes (1875). After him are Pedro González de Mendoza (1428), Arsenio Martínez Campos (1831), Bahya ibn Paquda (1050), Vicente Juan Masip (1505), Miguel Cabanellas (1872), and Juvencus (400).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 3. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), and Ibn al-Baitar (1197). After him are Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), Ángel Cabrera (1879), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754).

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