BIOLOGIST

Armen Takhtajan

1910 - 2009

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Armen Leonovich Takhtajan or Takhtajian (Armenian: Արմեն Լևոնի Թախտաջյան; Russian: Армен Леонович Тахтаджян; surname also transliterated Takhtadjan, Takhtadzhi︠a︡n or Takhtadzhian, pronounced takh-tuh-JAHN; 10 June 1910 – 13 November 2009), was a Soviet-Armenian botanist, one of the most important figures in 20th century plant evolution and systematics and biogeography. His other interests included morphology of flowering plants, paleobotany, and the flora of the Caucasus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armen Takhtajan has received more than 95,757 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Armen Takhtajan is the 325th most popular biologist (up from 383rd in 2019).

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  • 54.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Armen Takhtajan ranks 325 out of 1,097. Before him are Rupert Sheldrake, Bruce Beutler, Charles Chamberland, Eugenius Warming, Phillip Allen Sharp, and Michał Boym. After him are Erich von Tschermak, Philibert Commerson, Auguste Chevalier, Alexander von Nordmann, Leizu, and George Ord.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Armen Takhtajan ranks 121. Before him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Hazi Aslanov, Bernard Voorhoof, Howlin' Wolf, Jorge Negrete, and Giorgio Perlasca. After him are Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Suleiman Frangieh, Ai Qing, Karl Kling, Richard Conte, and Helene Mayer. Among people deceased in 2009, Armen Takhtajan ranks 113. Before him are Ngapoi Ngawang Jigme, Yves Rocher, Amir Pnueli, Frank McCourt, John Hughes, and Stephen Toulmin. After him are Janet Jagan, Konstantin Feoktistov, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Karl Koller, Friaça, and Pierre Harmel.

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