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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 63,453 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Carl Alexander Clerck is the 562nd most popular biologist (down from 331st in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 355th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 562 out of 841. Before him are Paul Bert, Richard Lewontin, Janaki Ammal, Anne McLaren, Ludwik Hirszfeld, and Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem. After him are Joseph Banks Rhine, Franz Meyen, Tomitaro Makino, Frederic Clements, Francis Collins, and Gustav Radde.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 25. Before him are Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Abraham Trembley, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, Johann Georg Pinsel, Charles Simon Favart, and Adam Gottlob Moltke. After him is James Ferguson. Among people deceased in 1765, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 17. Before him are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel, Edward Young, Johann Melchior Molter, Mir Jafar, and Johan Agrell. After him are William Stukeley, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, and Richard Pococke.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 556 out of 1,612. Before him are Janet Ågren (1949), Olle Anderberg (1919), Hasse Ekman (1915), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Erik Gustaf Boström (1842), and Bror Mellberg (1923). After him are Anna Sundström (1785), Nils Axelsson (1906), Karl-Erik Palmér (1929), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), David Dencik (1974), and Sven Davidson (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Carl Alexander Clerck ranks 27. Before him are Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Karl Rudolphi (1771), and Charles De Geer (1720). After him are Johan Andreas Murray (1740), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Carl Skottsberg (1880), and Astrid Cleve (1875).

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