1779 - 1853
Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 1779 – 3 September 1853) was French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and the double point of attachment of certain ovules. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Augustin Saint-Hilaire has received more than 31,352 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Augustin Saint-Hilaire is the 608th most popular biologist (up from 616th in 2019), the 3,875th most popular biography from France (down from 3,554th in 2019) and the 86th most popular French Biologist.
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Among biologists, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 608 out of 841. Before him are Pier Andrea Saccardo, Franz Steindachner, Michele Tenore, Charles Wyville Thomson, Theodore Gill, and Everard Home. After him are William Henry Hudson, Otto Bütschli, Tommaso Salvadori, Salomon Müller, William John Burchell, and Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter.
1845 - 1920
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 602
1834 - 1919
HPI: 47.93
Rank: 603
1780 - 1861
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 604
1830 - 1882
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 605
1837 - 1914
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 606
1756 - 1832
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 607
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 608
1841 - 1922
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 609
1848 - 1920
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 610
1835 - 1923
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 611
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 612
1781 - 1863
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 613
1733 - 1806
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 614
Among people born in 1779, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 28. Before him are Jean Coralli, Francis Scott Key, Filippo Paulucci, Johann Schweigger, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, and Tabitha Babbitt. After him are Mountstuart Elphinstone, Washington Allston, Louis de Freycinet, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Peter Mark Roget, and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. Among people deceased in 1853, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 43. Before him are Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Maria Quitéria, Tabitha Babbitt, Sarah Goodridge, Cesare Balbo, and William Beaumont. After him are Abigail Fillmore, Lucas Alamán, Andrés Narvarte, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, and Manuel María Lombardini.
1779 - 1854
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 22
1779 - 1843
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 23
1779 - 1849
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 24
1779 - 1857
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 25
1779 - 1785
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 26
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 27
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 28
1779 - 1859
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 29
1779 - 1843
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 30
1779 - 1841
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 31
1779 - 1851
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 32
1779 - 1869
HPI: 45.44
Rank: 33
1779 - 1869
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 34
1797 - 1853
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 37
1792 - 1853
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 38
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 39
1788 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 40
1789 - 1853
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 41
1785 - 1853
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 42
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 43
1798 - 1853
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 44
1792 - 1853
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 45
1781 - 1853
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 46
1811 - 1853
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 47
1787 - 1853
HPI: 45.50
Rank: 48
1802 - 1853
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 49
Among people born in France, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 3,875 out of 6,011. Before him are Tristan Murail (1947), François Fournier-Sarlovèze (1773), Bacary Sagna (1983), Maurice Farman (1877), Louis Diémer (1843), and Hans van den Broek (1936). After him are Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), Claude Nougaro (1929), Francis Blanche (1921), Guy Patin (1601), Maurice Boitel (1919), and Paul Rivet (1876).
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.90
Rank: 3,869
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,870
1983 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 3,871
1877 - 1964
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 3,872
1843 - 1919
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 3,873
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 3,874
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 3,875
1150 - 1230
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 3,876
1929 - 2004
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 3,877
1921 - 1974
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 3,878
1601 - 1672
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,879
1919 - 2007
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 3,880
1876 - 1959
HPI: 47.81
Rank: 3,881
Among biologists born in France, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 86. Before him are Paul Bert (1833), Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839), Achille Richard (1794), Émile Duclaux (1840), Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813), and Marie Jules César Savigny (1777). After him are Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804), Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835), Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799), Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759), Adrien René Franchet (1834), and Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855).
1833 - 1886
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 80
1839 - 1914
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 81
1794 - 1852
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 82
1840 - 1904
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 83
1813 - 1900
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 84
1777 - 1851
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 85
1779 - 1853
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 86
1804 - 1863
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 87
1835 - 1900
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 88
1799 - 1879
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 89
1759 - 1828
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 90
1834 - 1900
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 91
1855 - 1904
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 92