BIOLOGIST
Blasius Merrem
1761 - 1824
Blasius Merrem
Blasius Merrem (4 February 1761 – 23 February 1824) was a German naturalist, zoologist, ornithologist, mathematician, and herpetologist. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Blasius Merrem has received more than 59,358 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Blasius Merrem is the 567th most popular biologist (up from 840th in 2019), the 3,911th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,552nd in 2019) and the 126th most popular German Biologist.
Memorability Metrics
59k
Page Views (PV)
50.49
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
27
Languages Editions (L)
6.28
Effective Languages (L*)
2.77
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Blasius Merrem ranks 567 out of 1,097. Before him are Edward Turner Bennett, Barry Commoner, Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati, Sabiha Kasimati, Eduard August von Regel, and Hwang Woo-suk. After him are John Ellis, Jean de Thévenot, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, and Sewall Wright.
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HPI: 50.54
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HPI: 50.49
Rank: 567
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HPI: 50.40
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HPI: 50.40
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1761, Blasius Merrem ranks 29. Before him are Jean-Louis Pons, Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Antonín Vranický, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, William Gregor, and Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg. After him are Dorothea Jordan, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Henry Shrapnel, Jacob Hübner, Gian Domenico Romagnosi, and Ludwig Abeille. Among people deceased in 1824, Blasius Merrem ranks 29. Before him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Charles Maturin, Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux, Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais, Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, and Agustín de Betancourt. After him are Fyodor Alekseyev, David Bushnell, Hans Nielsen Hauge, André Thouin, François Levaillant, and Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert.
Others Born in 1761
Go to all RankingsJean-Louis Pons
ASTRONOMER
1761 - 1831
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 23
Kaspar Maria von Sternberg
BIOLOGIST
1761 - 1838
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 24
Antonín Vranický
COMPOSER
1761 - 1820
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 25
Gottlob Ernst Schulze
PHILOSOPHER
1761 - 1833
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 26
William Gregor
CHEMIST
1761 - 1817
HPI: 51.09
Rank: 27
Duke William Frederick Philip of Württemberg
POLITICIAN
1761 - 1830
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 28
Blasius Merrem
BIOLOGIST
1761 - 1824
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 29
Dorothea Jordan
ACTOR
1761 - 1816
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 30
Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen
POLITICIAN
1761 - 1803
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 31
Henry Shrapnel
INVENTOR
1761 - 1842
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 32
Jacob Hübner
POLITICIAN
1761 - 1826
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 33
Gian Domenico Romagnosi
ECONOMIST
1761 - 1835
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 34
Ludwig Abeille
COMPOSER
1761 - 1838
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 35
Others Deceased in 1824
Go to all RankingsCountess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1824
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 23
Charles Maturin
WRITER
1780 - 1824
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 24
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
POLITICIAN
1753 - 1824
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 25
Maria Anna of Savoy, Duchess of Chablais
NOBLEMAN
1757 - 1824
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 26
Elizabeth Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
NOBLEMAN
1758 - 1824
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 27
Agustín de Betancourt
ENGINEER
1758 - 1824
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 28
Blasius Merrem
BIOLOGIST
1761 - 1824
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 29
Fyodor Alekseyev
PAINTER
1753 - 1824
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 30
David Bushnell
INVENTOR
1742 - 1824
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 31
Hans Nielsen Hauge
WRITER
1771 - 1824
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 32
André Thouin
BIOLOGIST
1746 - 1824
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 33
François Levaillant
EXPLORER
1753 - 1824
HPI: 47.34
Rank: 34
Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert
PHYSICIST
1769 - 1824
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 35
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Blasius Merrem ranks 3,911 out of 7,253. Before him are Jaki Liebezeit (1938), Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792), Johanna Magdalena of Saxe-Altenburg (1656), Franz Roth (1946), Albert Renger-Patzsch (1897), and Paul Leni (1885). After him are Ian Ashley (1947), August Böckh (1785), Udo Voigt (1952), Grete Stern (1904), Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), and Martin Mutschmann (1879).
Others born in Germany
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MUSICIAN
1938 - 2017
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,905
Christian Albrecht Jensen
PAINTER
1792 - 1870
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,906
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POLITICIAN
1656 - 1686
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,907
Franz Roth
SOCCER PLAYER
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.50
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Albert Renger-Patzsch
PHOTOGRAPHER
1897 - 1966
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,909
Paul Leni
POLITICIAN
1885 - 1929
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,910
Blasius Merrem
BIOLOGIST
1761 - 1824
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,911
Ian Ashley
RACING DRIVER
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,912
August Böckh
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1785 - 1867
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,913
Udo Voigt
POLITICIAN
1952 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,914
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PHOTOGRAPHER
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Rank: 3,915
Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt
NOBLEMAN
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Rank: 3,916
Martin Mutschmann
POLITICIAN
1879 - 1947
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,917
Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany
Among biologists born in Germany, Blasius Merrem ranks 126. Before him are Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Otto Kuntze (1843), Salomon Müller (1804), Oscar Hertwig (1849), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), and Eduard August von Regel (1815). After him are Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809), Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782), Jacob Sturm (1771), Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), and Erwin Stresemann (1889).
Otto von Münchhausen
1716 - 1774
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 120
Otto Kuntze
1843 - 1907
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 121
Salomon Müller
1804 - 1863
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 122
Oscar Hertwig
1849 - 1922
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 123
Karl Alfred von Zittel
1839 - 1904
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 124
Eduard August von Regel
1815 - 1892
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 125
Blasius Merrem
1761 - 1824
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 126
Johann Heinrich Blasius
1809 - 1870
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 127
Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
1782 - 1854
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 128
Jacob Sturm
1771 - 1848
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 129
Johann Gottfried Zinn
1727 - 1759
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 130
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
1817 - 1908
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 131
Erwin Stresemann
1889 - 1972
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 132