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BIOLOGIST

Curt Backeberg

1894 - 1966

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Curt Backeberg (2 August 1894 in Lüneburg, Germany – 14 January 1966) was a German horticulturist especially known for the collection and classification of cacti. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curt Backeberg has received more than 18,808 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Curt Backeberg is the 743rd most popular biologist (up from 751st in 2019), the 4,260th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,953rd in 2019) and the 146th most popular German Biologist.

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  • 15

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Curt Backeberg ranks 743 out of 841Before him are Karl Moritz Schumann, Daniel Oliver, David Goodall, James Francis Stephens, Jules Verreaux, and Carlo Luigi Spegazzini. After him are George Edwards, Johann Jakob Heckel, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, Albert Charles Smith, Hermann Harms, and Henry Nicholas Ridley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Curt Backeberg ranks 200Before him are Bill Johnston, Jean Debucourt, Arthur Freed, August Dvorak, Corinne Griffith, and Pelageya Shajn. After him are Nikolai Chebotaryov, Albert Préjean, Ernesto Ambrosini, Alan Crosland, Henry Daniell, and James P. Johnson. Among people deceased in 1966, Curt Backeberg ranks 159Before him are Gustavo Marzi, Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, Dimitar Dimov, Frankie Genaro, Julia Faye, and Giorgi Leonidze. After him are Alvin Langdon Coburn, Adrianus de Jong, Hilde Schrader, Wallace Ford, Josef von Báky, and Bruno Ahlberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Curt Backeberg ranks 4,260 out of 6,142Before him are Lothar Späth (1937), Veronica Ferres (1965), Joseph Meyer (1796), Johann Andreas Wagner (1797), Johannes Rebmann (1820), and Johann Mühlegg (1970). After him are LeVar Burton (1957), Martin Hoffmann (1955), Halil Altıntop (1982), Olaf Thon (1966), Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), and Hans Cieslarczyk (1937).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Curt Backeberg ranks 146Before him are Ernst Ahl (1898), August Batsch (1761), Karl Hugo Strunz (1910), Johann Christoph Wendland (1755), Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864), and Karl Moritz Schumann (1851). After him are Johann Jakob Heckel (1790), Hermann Harms (1870), Johann Jakob Kaup (1803), Johann Friedrich Klotzsch (1805), Rodolfo Amando Philippi (1808), and Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling (1798).