BIOLOGIST

Félix de Avelar Brotero

1744 - 1828

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Félix de Avelar Brotero (25 November 1744 – 4 August 1828) was a Portuguese botanist and professor. He fled to France in 1788 to escape persecution by the Portuguese Inquisition, and there published his Compendio de Botanica in order to earn his living. It immediately established his reputation as a botanist, and upon his return to Portugal in 1790 he was given the chair of botany and agriculture at the University of Coimbra. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix de Avelar Brotero has received more than 5,790 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Félix de Avelar Brotero is the 813th most popular biologist (down from 782nd in 2019), the 355th most popular biography from Portugal (down from 327th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 813 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Christoph Wendland, Yang Zhongjian, Herbert Copeland, Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey, Alfred Cogniaux, and Gottlieb Haberlandt. After him are George Edwards, Edward Donovan, Nicaise Auguste Desvaux, Gaston Bonnier, Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, and Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 28. Before him are Nikolay Novikov, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, Johann III Bernoulli, David Allan, Heinrich Christian Boie, and Mary Moser. After him are Tomás António Gonzaga, Thomas Mifflin, and Pierce Butler. Among people deceased in 1828, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 42. Before him are Thomas Bewick, Rachel Jackson, Princess Ida of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Vincenzo Monti, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, and Johann Christoph Wendland. After him are DeWitt Clinton, Dugald Stewart, John Oxley, and William Few.

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In Portugal

Among people born in Portugal, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 355 out of 633. Before him are Nuno Bettencourt (1966), Madalena Iglésias (1939), João Pinto (1961), Mário de Araújo Cabral (1934), Pedro Costa (1958), and António Oliveira (1952). After him are João Palhinha (1995), Jerónimo de Sousa (1947), Manuel Duarte (1945), Ferreira de Castro (1898), Hélder Postiga (1982), and Sara Martins (1977).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Portugal

Among biologists born in Portugal, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 2. Before him are João de Loureiro (1717).

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