BIOLOGIST

Carl Ludwig Willdenow

1765 - 1812

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Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Ludwig Willdenow has received more than 74,931 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ludwig Willdenow is the 197th most popular biologist (up from 220th in 2019), the 1,558th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,897th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 197 out of 1,097. Before him are Daniel Nathans, Henry Walter Bates, George Shaw, Asa Gray, Alexander Agassiz, and Temple Grandin. After him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein, John James Audubon, Charles Bell, Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Oldfield Thomas, and Adam Afzelius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 15. Before him are Emma, Lady Hamilton, Paolo Ruffini, Jacques MacDonald, Karl Ludwig Harding, José María Morelos, and Michał Kleofas Ogiński. After him are Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Franz Xaver von Baader, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon, and Charles Hatchett. Among people deceased in 1812, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 9. Before him are Emanuel Schikaneder, Sacagawea, George Clinton, Étienne-Louis Malus, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, and Jan Ladislav Dussek. After him are Spencer Perceval, Isaac Titsingh, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Duke George of Oldenburg, Isaac Brock, and Marianna Martines.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 1,558 out of 7,253. Before him are George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Arnold Janssen (1837), Helmuth James von Moltke (1907), Ralph H. Baer (1922), Ottmar Walter (1924), and Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796). After him are Joos van Cleve (1485), Leo Frobenius (1873), Julius Schaub (1898), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), Gottfried August Bürger (1747), and Karin Dor (1938).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 26. Before him are Walther Flemming (1843), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Theodor Escherich (1857), and Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709). After him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Friedrich Parrot (1791), Hans Driesch (1867), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Carl Bernhard von Trinius (1778), and Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775).

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