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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 46,266 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio José Cavanilles is the 350th most popular biologist (down from 298th in 2019), the 881st most popular biography from Spain (down from 757th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 350 out of 841. Before him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Eugen Fischer, William Speirs Bruce, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Göran Wahlenberg. After him are Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Odoardo Beccari, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, John Maynard Smith, Paul Nurse, and John Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 31. Before him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Gim Hongdo, Maxim Berezovsky, Johann Peter Frank, Bodawpaya, and Caspar Wessel. After him are Isaac Titsingh, Inō Tadataka, François-Jean de la Barre, Madhavrao I, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Félix María de Samaniego. Among people deceased in 1804, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 23. Before him are Johann Adam Hiller, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Philippe LeBon, Martin Vahl, and Georges Cadoudal. After him are Carlo Allioni, Paul Kray, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Henrik Gabriel Porthan, Aagje Deken, and Philip Schuyler.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 881 out of 2,932. Before him are Pablo Iglesias Posse (1850), Mikel Arteta (1982), Émile Henry (1872), Juan Marsé (1933), Muhammad III of Granada (1257), and Antonio Cañizares Llovera (1945). After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), El Risitas (1956), María Mercader (1918), Federico Mayor Zaragoza (1934), Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1971), and Jaume Huguet (1412).

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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 Hernández de Toledo (1515), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Ángel Cabrera (1879), and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754).

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