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BIOLOGIST

Emil Racoviță

1868 - 1947

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Emil Gheorghe Racoviță (Romanian: [eˈmil ˈrakovit͡sə]; 15 November 1868 – 19 November 1947) was a Romanian biologist, zoologist, speleologist, and Antarctic explorer. Together with Grigore Antipa, he was one of the most noted promoters of natural sciences in Romania. Racoviță was the first Romanian to have gone on a scientific research expedition to the Antarctic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Racoviță has received more than 115,586 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Emil Racoviță is the 519th most popular biologist (down from 496th in 2019), the 261st most popular biography from Romania (down from 240th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Romanian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Emil Racoviță ranks 519 out of 841. Before her are Heinrich Schrader, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, David Starr Jordan, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Rudolf Schlechter, and George Albert Boulenger. After her are Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Eduard August von Regel, George Robert Waterhouse, Carl Ludwig Koch, C. L. Gloger, and Adam Lonicer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Emil Racoviță ranks 131. Before her are Paul Warburg, Emilie Snethlage, Nikolaos Trikoupis, José Vianna da Motta, Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, and Ștefan Luchian. After her are Wallace Clement Sabine, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, Arthur Gore, Frederick W. Lanchester, Gustav Mie, and Théodore Steeg. Among people deceased in 1947, Emil Racoviță ranks 129. Before her are Elena Văcărescu, Rosalia Zemlyachka, Martin Klein, Princess Maria Immaculata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Leevi Madetoja, and Fyodor Dan. After her are Gyula Károlyi, Martin Mutschmann, Eugène Lanti, Manuel Machado, Johannes Winkler, and Harry Carey.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Emil Racoviță ranks 261 out of 665. Before her are Ion Drîmbă (1942), Alexandru Macedonski (1854), Ion Heliade Rădulescu (1802), Florin Cîțu (1972), Gheorghe Grigore Cantacuzino (1832), and Ștefan Luchian (1868). After her are Dimitrie Sturdza (1833), Isidore Isou (1925), Ștefan Barbu (1908), Liviu Librescu (1930), Barbu Catargiu (1807), and Nicolae Ciucă (1967).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Romania

Among biologists born in Romania, Emil Racoviță ranks 5. Before her are Ana Aslan (1897), Johann Hedwig (1730), Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877), and Aaron Aaronsohn (1876). After her are Grigore Antipa (1867).

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