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BIOLOGIST

François-Alphonse Forel

1841 - 1912

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François-Alphonse Forel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa alfɔ̃s fɔʁɛl]; February 2, 1841 – August 7, 1912) was a Swiss physician and scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder, and the Father of limnology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François-Alphonse Forel has received more than 29,712 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). François-Alphonse Forel is the 332nd most popular biologist (down from 293rd in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 332 out of 841. Before him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Philibert Commerson, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Carl Ludwig Blume, Alexander von Nordmann, and Ian Wilmut. After him are Takenoshin Nakai, Emil Christian Hansen, Karl Koch, John Stevens Henslow, John Needham, and John Sulston.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 47. Before him are Józef Brandt, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Eugenius Warming, Marie Alfred Cornu, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, and Charles J. Guiteau. After him are Paul Wallot, Ernst Schröder, Vasily Klyuchevsky, Giovanni Sgambati, Luigi Luzzatti, and Catulle Mendès. Among people deceased in 1912, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 58. Before him are Ernest Duchesne, Giovanni Pascoli, James S. Sherman, Jacques Futrelle, Clara Barton, and Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal. After him are George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Takuboku Ishikawa, Paul Wallot, Édouard Detaille, Allan Octavian Hume, and Eloy Alfaro.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 256 out of 876. Before him are Princess Elena of Romania (1950), Domenico Trezzini (1670), Flavio Cotti (1939), R. Norris Williams (1891), Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861), and Johann Jakob Scheuchzer (1672). After him are Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942), Jeremias Gotthelf (1797), Lucien Favre (1957), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Arthur Cravan (1887), and Louis Zutter (1865).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 14. Before him are Albert von Kölliker (1817), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Johann Bauhin (1541), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), and Carl Nägeli (1817). After him are Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Abraham Trembley (1710), Oswald Heer (1809), Alfred Newton (1829), John Isaac Briquet (1870), and Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828).

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