BIOLOGIST

Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier

1797 - 1878

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Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (French: [baʁtelemi ʃaʁl ʒozɛf dymɔʁtje]; 3 April 1797 – 9 July 1878) was a Belgian who conducted a parallel career of botanist and Member of Parliament and is the first discoverer of biological cell division. Over the course of his life, Dumortier named over 688 different taxa, many of which are still in use today. A statue depicting him can be found in Tournai, Belgium, the city where he spent much of his life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier has received more than 45,102 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier is the 273rd most popular biologist (down from 253rd in 2019), the 274th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 266th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 273 out of 1,097. Before him are Eric F. Wieschaus, Francis Darwin, David Julius, Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Christen C. Raunkiær, and Peter Forsskål. After him are Jérôme Lejeune, Jack W. Szostak, John Maynard Smith, Guillaume-Antoine Olivier, René Louiche Desfontaines, and George Bentham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 35. Before him are Princess Maria Antonia Koháry, Antonio Rosmini, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, Kamehameha II, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, and Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. After him are George Tupou I, Pierre Leroux, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Jean-Marie Duhamel, Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, and James Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1878, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 29. Before him are Władysław Tarnowski, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Carl von Rokitansky, Robert Stirling, Roberto de Visiani, and Mindon Min. After him are Maurice Joly, Đura Jakšić, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Karl Gutzkow, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Mohammed bin Thani.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 274 out of 1,190. Before him are Lucien Van Impe (1946), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Camille Huysmans (1871), Johannes Ciconia (1370), Enzo Scifo (1966), and Gustaaf Deloor (1913). After him are Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Willy Claes (1938), Edward Schillebeeckx (1914), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), Rik Van Steenbergen (1924), and John Berchmans (1599).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among biologists born in Belgium, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 4. Before him are Jules Bordet (1870), Albert Claude (1899), and Henri Milne-Edwards (1800). After him are Edouard Van Beneden (1846), George Albert Boulenger (1858), Marie-Anne Libert (1782), Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866), and Peter Piot (1949).

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