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Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

1794 - 1868

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Carl Friedrich Philipp (Karl Friedrich Philipp) von Martius (17 April 1794 – 13 December 1868) was a German botanist and explorer. Between 1817 and 1820, he travelled 10,000 km through Brazil while collecting botanical specimens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius has received more than 89,137 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius is the 282nd most popular biologist (down from 248th in 2019), the 2,312th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,023rd in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ranks 282 out of 841Before him are Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Alexander von Middendorff, Marie Stopes, and Johann Bauhin. After him are Johann Friedrich von Brandt, Vladimir Demikhov, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Wilhelm Peters, Nikolai Severtzov, and John Hughlings Jackson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ranks 21Before him are Friedrich Christian Diez, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Jacques Collin de Plancy, René Lesson, Eilhard Mitscherlich, and Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After him are Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Pyotr Chaadayev, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Abbasgulu Bakikhanov, and Jean Pierre Flourens. Among people deceased in 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ranks 25Before him are François-Édouard Picot, Kondō Isami, Julius Plücker, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Rasoherina, and Nakano Takeko. After him are Carlo Matteucci, Venancio Flores, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Kit Carson, and Ferenc Gyulay.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ranks 2,312 out of 6,142Before him are Ernst I, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1794), Adolf von Henselt (1814), Felix Bernstein (1878), Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1814), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), and Hans Riegel (1923). After him are Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), Albert of Saxony (1316), Hans Schäfer (1927), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Gertrude of Saxony (1030), and Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius ranks 46Before him are Eduard Rüppell (1794), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Fritz Müller (1822), Valerius Cordus (1515), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), and Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718). After him are Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Karl Möbius (1825), and Theodor Boveri (1862).