BIOLOGIST

Basilius Besler

1561 - 1629

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Basilius Besler (1561–1629) was a respected Nuremberg apothecary and botanist, best known for his monumental florilegium, the Hortus Eystettensis (lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Basilius Besler has received more than 33,976 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Basilius Besler is the 532nd most popular biologist, the 3,753rd most popular biography from Germany and the 117th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Basilius Besler ranks 532 out of 1,097. Before him are Emil Racoviță, Patrick Manson, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal, and Frederic Clements. After him are Gustav Radde, Craig Mello, William Curtis, Janaki Ammal, Franz Meyen, and Marie Jules César Savigny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1561, Basilius Besler ranks 15. Before him are Fukushima Masanori, Thomas Fincke, Adriaan van Roomen, Philippe van Lansberge, Bartholomaeus Pitiscus, and John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen. After him is Mary Sidney. Among people deceased in 1629, Basilius Besler ranks 14. Before him are Pietro Bernini, Catherine de' Medici, Governor of Siena, Giorgi Saakadze, Mehmed III Giray, Sigismondo d'India, and Jacob de Gheyn II. After him are Giovanni I Cornaro, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, and John Speed.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Basilius Besler ranks 3,753 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Conring (1606), Rudolph Augustus, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1627), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe (1834), Siegfried Kasche (1903), and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794). After him are Joseph Keilberth (1908), Caroline of Hesse-Homburg (1771), Robert Kovač (1974), Thomas Berthold (1964), Emil Julius Gumbel (1891), and Matilda of France (943).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Basilius Besler ranks 117. Before him are Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824), Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794). After him are Albrecht Thaer (1752), Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Otto Kuntze (1843), Salomon Müller (1804), and Oscar Hertwig (1849).

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