BIOLOGIST

Franz Unger

1800 - 1870

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Franz Joseph Andreas Nicolaus Unger (30 November 1800 in Gut Amthof near village Leutschach in Styria, Austria – 13 February 1870 in Graz) was an Austrian botanist, paleontologist and plant physiologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Unger has received more than 28,018 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Unger is the 584th most popular biologist, the 755th most popular biography from Austria (down from 726th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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  • 50.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Franz Unger ranks 584 out of 1,097. Before him are Jacob Sturm, George Allman, Georg August Schweinfurth, Harold E. Varmus, Edmond Albius, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman. After him are Johann Gottfried Zinn, Tsuneko Okazaki, João de Loureiro, Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan, Garrett Hardin, and Jean-Étienne Guettard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Franz Unger ranks 61. Before him are Otto August Rosenberger, Sultan bin Ahmad, Joseph von Führich, Mikhail Pogodin, Yagan, and Said bin Ahmad. After him are Charles Antoine Lemaire, Martha Christina Tiahahu, John Phillips, Osip Senkovsky, Kitsos Tzavelas, and Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. Among people deceased in 1870, Franz Unger ranks 49. Before him are Alexei Lvov, James Young Simpson, Michael William Balfe, Christian Albrecht Jensen, Carl August von Steinheil, and Johann Heinrich Blasius. After him are Carlos Soublette, Imre Frivaldszky, Joséphine Fodor, Moshoeshoe I, Albrecht von Graefe, and Franz Josef Ruprecht.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Unger ranks 755 out of 1,424. Before him are Willy Böckl (1893), Alexander Pschill (1970), Robert Dienst (1928), Rudolf Krčil (1906), Ernst Haas (1921), and Alois Mock (1934). After him are Wilhelm Hahnemann (1914), Josef Abel (1764), Otto Wahle (1879), Lajos Bíró (1880), Ernst Grünfeld (1893), and Lilia Skala (1896).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Franz Unger ranks 11. Before him are Othenio Abel (1875), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), and Joy Adamson (1910). After him are Josef August Schultes (1773), Johann Natterer (1787), Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Richard Wettstein (1863), Otto Stapf (1857), and Franz Steindachner (1834).

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