BIOLOGIST

Christiaan Hendrik Persoon

1761 - 1836

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Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony 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 74,995 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Christiaan Hendrik Persoon is the 128th most popular biologist (down from 108th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from South Africa (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular South African Biologist.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.91

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 128 out of 1,097. Before him are Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Martinus Beijerinck, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Othenio Abel, Charles Scott Sherrington, and August Grisebach. After him are Gaspard Bauhin, Erwin Neher, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Giovanni Sartori, Elias Magnus Fries, and E. O. Wilson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1761, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 6. Before him are Pope Pius VIII, Selim III, Michael Andreas Barclay de Tolly, Marie Tussaud, and Jan Potocki. After him are William Carey, August von Kotzebue, Philippe Buonarroti, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Sineperver Sultan, and Louis-Léopold Boilly. Among people deceased in 1836, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 17. Before him are Maria Malibran, Claude-Louis Navier, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, James Mill, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, and Anton Reicha. After him are Anthony of Saxony, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Aaron Burr, William Henry, and James Bowie.

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In South Africa

Among people born in South Africa, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 23 out of 454. Before him are Thabo Mbeki (1942), Paul Kruger (1825), P. W. Botha (1916), Jody Scheckter (1950), Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924), and Sydney Brenner (1927). After him are Steve Biko (1946), Glynis Johns (1923), Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936), D. F. Malan (1874), Basil Rathbone (1892), and Seymour Papert (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In South Africa

Among biologists born in South Africa, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon ranks 3. Before him are Max Theiler (1899), and Sydney Brenner (1927). After him are Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer (1907), Louisa Bolus (1877), and Austin Stevens (1950).

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