1788 - 1850
Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850) was a German botanist. He was also known as Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth. He was one of the early systematic botanists who focused on studying the plants of the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Sigismund Kunth has received more than 50,868 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Sigismund Kunth is the 348th most popular biologist (down from 235th in 2019), the 2,758th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,938th in 2019) and the 66th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 348 out of 841. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Eugen Fischer, William Speirs Bruce, and Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst. After him are Göran Wahlenberg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau, Odoardo Beccari, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, and John Maynard Smith.
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 342
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 343
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 344
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 345
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 346
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 347
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 348
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 349
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 350
1770 - 1845
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 351
1843 - 1920
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 352
1793 - 1831
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 353
1920 - 2004
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 354
Among people born in 1788, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat, and Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes. After him are Mohammed bin Thani, Simon Sechter, Juraj Haulik, Rafael Urdaneta, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, and Athanasios Diakos. Among people deceased in 1850, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 36. Before him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Margaret Fuller, Lorenzo Bartolini, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and Adalbert Gyrowetz. After him are Charles Rivière-Hérard, Václav Tomášek, Richard Mentor Johnson, Vicente López Portaña, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Garlieb Merkel.
1788 - 1866
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1788 - 1842
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 26
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 27
1788 - 1857
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 28
1788 - 1832
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 29
1788 - 1868
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 30
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 31
1788 - 1878
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 32
1788 - 1867
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 33
1788 - 1869
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 34
1788 - 1845
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 35
1788 - 1835
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 36
1788 - 1821
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 37
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 30
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 31
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 32
1796 - 1850
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 33
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 34
1763 - 1850
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 35
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 36
1789 - 1850
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 37
1774 - 1850
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 38
1780 - 1850
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 39
1772 - 1850
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 40
1781 - 1850
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 41
1769 - 1850
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 42
Among people born in Germany, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 2,758 out of 6,142. Before him are Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1796), Artur Fischer (1919), Augustus, Count Palatine of Sulzbach (1582), Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1519), Ernst Schröder (1841), and Frederick Louis, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1653). After him are Karl Friedrich Burdach (1776), Ludwig Kübler (1889), Hermann Lang (1909), Stanisław Mikołajczyk (1901), Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg (1836), and Adolph Kolping (1813).
1796 - 1853
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,752
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,753
1582 - 1632
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,754
1519 - 1567
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,755
1841 - 1902
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,756
1653 - 1728
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,757
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,758
1776 - 1847
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 2,759
1889 - 1947
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 2,760
1909 - 1987
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 2,761
1901 - 1966
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 2,762
1836 - 1914
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 2,763
1813 - 1865
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 2,764
Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 66. Before him are Karl Koch (1809), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665), Eugen Fischer (1874), and Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743). After him are Princess Therese of Bavaria (1850), Conrad Moench (1744), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Otto Kuntze (1843), Wilhelm Roux (1850), and Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809).
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 60
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 61
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 62
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 63
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 64
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 65
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 66
1850 - 1925
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 67
1744 - 1805
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 68
1744 - 1777
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 69
1843 - 1907
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 70
1850 - 1924
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 71
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 72