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BIOLOGIST

Ernst Schäfer

1910 - 1992

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Ernst Schäfer (14 March 1910 – 21 July 1992) was a German explorer, hunter and zoologist in the 1930s, specializing in ornithology. His zoological explorations in Tibet served as a cover for his role in the German secret service. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Schäfer has received more than 179,600 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ernst Schäfer is the 323rd most popular biologist (down from 282nd in 2019), the 2,640th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,235th in 2019) and the 56th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ernst Schäfer ranks 323 out of 841Before him are Eugene Odum, Albert Günther, Robert Fortune, Anders Sparrman, Guillaume Rondelet, and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel. After him are Roderick Murchison, Nehemiah Grew, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Philibert Commerson, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, and Carl Ludwig Blume.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Ernst Schäfer ranks 129Before him are Johan Ferrier, Pierre Bézier, Suleiman Frangieh, Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow, Claire Trevor, and Louis Prima. After him are Josef Klaus, Rachel Kempson, Giulietta Simionato, Josef Tal, Sylvia Sidney, and Trygve Bratteli. Among people deceased in 1992, Ernst Schäfer ranks 106Before him are Paul Henreid, Marisa Mell, Gaston Reiff, Rihei Sano, Suleiman Frangieh, and Lusine Zakaryan. After him are Seichō Matsumoto, Chris McCandless, Dana Andrews, Abbas al-Musawi, Walter Andreas Schwarz, and Frederick William Franz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Schäfer ranks 2,640 out of 6,142Before him are Mario Götze (1992), Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Henrich Focke (1890), Abraham Fraenkel (1891), and Günter Behnisch (1922). After him are Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1664), Ursula Kuczynski (1907), Loriot (1923), Mina Witkojc (1893), Karl Vogt (1817), and Wilhelm Leibl (1844).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Ernst Schäfer ranks 56Before him are Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Karl Möbius (1825), Theodor Boveri (1862), Lorenz Oken (1779), Albert Günther (1830), and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811). After him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Karl Koch (1809), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), and Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823).