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BIOLOGIST

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

1761 - 1836

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Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a South African mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christiaan Hendrik Persoon has received more than 69,174 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Christiaan Hendrik Persoon is the 109th most popular biologist (up from 311th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from South Africa (up from 40th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular South African Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 109 out of 841. Before him are Günter Blobel, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Sylvia Earle, Julius Richard Petri, Aaron Ciechanover, and Ludwig von Bertalanffy. After him are George Davis Snell, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Sydney Brenner, John Ray, Giovanni Sartori, and Archibald Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 7. Before him are Pope Pius VIII, Selim III, Marie Tussaud, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, William Carey, and Jan Potocki. After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Antoine Barnave, Sineperver Sultan, and José, Prince of Brazil. Among people deceased in 1836, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 18. Before him are Davy Crockett, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Anthony of Saxony, Anton Reicha, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, and Claude-Louis Navier. After him are Aaron Burr, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, William Henry, and James Bowie.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 22 out of 374. Before him are Paul Kruger (1825), Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark (1942), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), P. W. Botha (1916), Cyril Ramaphosa (1952), and Jody Scheckter (1950). After him are Sydney Brenner (1927), Michael Levitt (1947), Steve Biko (1946), Jan Smuts (1870), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), and Seymour Papert (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In South Africa

Among biologists born in South Africa, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 2. Before him are Max Theiler (1899). After him are Sydney Brenner (1927), Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Louisa Bolus (1877), and Austin Stevens (1950).

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