BIOLOGIST

Elias Magnus Fries

1794 - 1878

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Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. He is sometimes called the "Linnaeus of Mycology". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias Magnus Fries has received more than 99,919 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Elias Magnus Fries is the 133rd most popular biologist, the 150th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 163rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Elias Magnus Fries ranks 133 out of 1,097. Before him are August Grisebach, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Gaspard Bauhin, Erwin Neher, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, and Giovanni Sartori. After him are E. O. Wilson, Bert Sakmann, Gerald Edelman, Tomas Lindahl, John Ray, and Carl Peter Thunberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Elias Magnus Fries ranks 4. Before him are Antonio López de Santa Anna, Matthew C. Perry, and Cornelius Vanderbilt. After him are Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Theobald Boehm, William Whewell, Józef Bem, Ignaz Moscheles, Wilhelm Müller, Aimable Pélissier, and Eduard Rüppell. Among people deceased in 1878, Elias Magnus Fries ranks 15. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ernst Heinrich Weber, and Antoine César Becquerel. After him are Nikolay Nekrasov, Queen Cheorin, Angelo Secchi, Henri Victor Regnault, Mariam Baouardy, and Mercedes of Orléans.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Elias Magnus Fries ranks 150 out of 1,879. Before him are Eric XI of Sweden (1216), Basshunter (1984), Zarah Leander (1907), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (1953), Magnus I of Sweden (1106), and Björn Andrésen (1955). After him are Halsten Stenkilsson (1050), Franz Berwald (1796), Inger Nilsson (1959), Emund the Old (1030), Ulf Kristersson (1963), and Tomas Lindahl (1938).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Elias Magnus Fries ranks 4. Before him are Carl Linnaeus (1707), Hugo Theorell (1903), and Svante Pääbo (1955). After him are Tomas Lindahl (1938), Carl Peter Thunberg (1743), Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), Erik Acharius (1757), Eva Ekeblad (1724), Adam Afzelius (1750), and Anders Sparrman (1748).

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