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Christian Konrad Sprengel

1750 - 1816

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Christian Konrad Sprengel (22 September 1750 – 7 April 1816) was a German naturalist, theologist, and teacher. He is most famous for his research on plant sexuality. Sprengel was the first to recognize that the function of flowers was to attract insects, and that nature favoured cross-pollination. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian Konrad Sprengel has received more than 33,936 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Konrad Sprengel is the 484th most popular chemist (down from 457th in 2019), the 4,447th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,935th in 2019) and the 86th most popular German Chemist.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

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Over the past year Christian Konrad Sprengel has had the most page views in the with 3,636 views, followed by German (1,587), and Chinese (903). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (64.35%), Chinese (55.69%), and Southern Azerbaijani (45.26%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Christian Konrad Sprengel ranks 484 out of 602. Before him are Luis E. Miramontes, Albert Kluyver, Charles Blagden, David MacMillan, William Hallowes Miller, and Alfred Stock. After him are Albert Eschenmoser, Ludwig Mond, Edmond Frémy, Masatoshi Shima, Alwin Mittasch, and Adolph Strecker.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Christian Konrad Sprengel ranks 40. Before him are Daniel Gottlob Türk, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Ignacy Potocki, Henry Knox, Besiki, and Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa. After him are Prince Frederick of Great Britain, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Aaron Arrowsmith, John André, Frederick Muhlenberg, and Isaac Shelby. Among people deceased in 1816, Christian Konrad Sprengel ranks 28. Before him are Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Dorothea Jordan, Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Dorothea Viehmann. After him are Edward Charles Howard, Samuel Dexter, Hipólito Ruiz López, Domenico Vandelli, Gouverneur Morris, and James McHenry.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Konrad Sprengel ranks 4,447 out of 7,253. Before him are Kurt Beck (1949), Ernst Stromer (1871), Magdalena Sibylla of Holstein-Gottorp (1631), Kurt Maetzig (1911), Georg von Kopp (1837), and Oliver Shanti (1948). After him are Augustus William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1662), Gotthard Handrick (1908), Eugen Drewermann (1940), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), Horst Stein (1928), and Hans von Funck (1891).

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Among CHEMISTS In Germany

Among chemists born in Germany, Christian Konrad Sprengel ranks 86. Before him are Walther Kossel (1888), Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Friedrich Accum (1769), Hermann Wilhelm Vogel (1834), Robert Havemann (1910), and Ludwig Knorr (1859). After him are Ludwig Mond (1839), Alwin Mittasch (1869), Adolph Strecker (1822), Christian Gmelin (1792), Hans Goldschmidt (1861), and Johannes Wislicenus (1835).

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