BIOLOGIST

Carl Alexander Clerck

1710 - 1765

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Carl Alexander Clerck (1709 – 22 July 1765) was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist. Clerck came from a family in the petty nobility and entered the University of Uppsala in 1726. Little is known of his studies; although a contemporary of Linnaeus, it is unknown whether he had any contact with him during his time in Uppsala. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Alexander Clerck has received more than 67,006 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Carl Alexander Clerck is the 426th most popular biologist (up from 561st in 2019), the 423rd most popular biography from Sweden (up from 555th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 426 out of 1,097. Before him are William Speirs Bruce, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Lucien Quélet, Juan Ignacio Molina, Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied, and Frédéric Cuvier. After him are Alain Bombard, Georg von Langsdorff, Göran Wahlenberg, Henrik Steffens, Jacob Georg Agardh, and Olof Swartz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 20. Before him are William Cullen, Abraham Trembley, Paolo Renier, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, and Johann II Bernoulli. After him are Adam Gottlob Moltke, Augustin Ehrensvärd, Johann Georg Pinsel, Charles Simon Favart, John Ellis, and Paul Möhring. Among people deceased in 1765, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 17. Before him are Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, Mir Jafar, Edward Young, Johan Agrell, and Johann Melchior Molter. After him are Prokop Diviš, Richard Pococke, William Stukeley, and Prince Frederick of Great Britain.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 423 out of 1,879. Before him are Joe Hill (1879), Lars Norén (1944), Åsa Larsson (1966), Princess Sophia of Sweden (1547), Stefan Johansson (1956), and Ernst Trygger (1857). After him are Anita Björk (1923), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Orvar Bergmark (1930), Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Margot Wallström (1954), and Sixten Jernberg (1929).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 16. Before him are Eva Ekeblad (1724), Adam Afzelius (1750), Anders Sparrman (1748), Daniel Solander (1733), Peter Artedi (1705), and Pehr Kalm (1716). After him are Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Olof Swartz (1760), Anders Dahl (1751), Charles De Geer (1720), and Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801).

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