BIOLOGIST

Félix Vicq-d'Azyr

1748 - 1794

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Félix Vicq d'Azyr (French: [feliks vik daziʁ]; 23 April 1748 – 20 June 1794) was a French physician and anatomist, the originator of comparative anatomy and discoverer of the theory of homology in biology. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Félix Vicq-d'Azyr has received more than 47,294 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Félix Vicq-d'Azyr is the 396th most popular biologist (up from 419th in 2019), the 3,046th most popular biography from France (up from 3,167th in 2019) and the 49th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr ranks 396 out of 1,097. Before him are Princess Therese of Bavaria, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch, Juliane Koepcke, James Edward Smith, Odoardo Beccari, and August Batsch. After him are Martha Chase, Gregory Winter, Jean Cabanis, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Karl Möbius, and Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr ranks 18. Before him are Christian Gottlob Neefe, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Adamantios Korais, Benedict Joseph Labre, Dominique, comte de Cassini, and Anders Sparrman. After him are William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, John Playfair, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Martha Jefferson, and Francesco Mario Pagano. Among people deceased in 1794, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr ranks 47. Before him are Jacques François Dugommier, François Joseph Westermann, Nicolas Luckner, François Hanriot, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, and Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Suzanne Curchod, Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing, François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Charles Jean Marie Barbaroux, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr ranks 3,046 out of 6,770. Before him are Phillipe de Plessis (1165), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Charles Wolf (1827), Irène Jacob (1966), Ludovic Giuly (1976), and Gabriel Hanotaux (1853). After him are Guiraut Riquier (1230), Laurent Cassegrain (1629), Didier Six (1954), Michel Le Tellier (1603), Princess Françoise of Orléans (1902), and Jacques Ozanam (1640).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr ranks 49. Before him are Auguste Chevalier (1873), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Magnol (1638), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Achille Richard (1794), and René Lesson (1794). After him are Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Lucien Quélet (1832), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), and Alain Bombard (1924).

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