1744 - 1828
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 5,278 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Félix de Avelar Brotero is the 783rd most popular biologist, the 328th most popular biography from Portugal and the 2nd most popular Portuguese Biologist.
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Among biologists, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 783 out of 841. Before him are Bunzō Hayata, Nikolai Turczaninow, Grigore Antipa, Richard Spruce, Yang Zhongjian, and Sereno Watson. After him are Charles Conrad Abbott, Judah Folkman, Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky, Herbert Giles, Alexander Wilson, and Spencer Fullerton Baird.
1874 - 1934
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 777
1796 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 778
1867 - 1944
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 779
1817 - 1893
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 780
1897 - 1979
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 781
1826 - 1892
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 782
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 783
1843 - 1919
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 784
1933 - 2008
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 785
1900 - 1981
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 786
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 787
1766 - 1813
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 788
1823 - 1887
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 789
Among people born in 1744, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 25. Before him are Nikolay Novikov, Johann III Bernoulli, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann, David Allan, and Tomás António Gonzaga. After him are Mary Moser, Heinrich Christian Boie, Thomas Mifflin, and Pierce Butler. Among people deceased in 1828, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 36. Before him are Christian August Lorentzen, Vincenzo Monti, Thomas Bewick, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Rachel Jackson, and Johann Christoph Wendland. After him are DeWitt Clinton, Dugald Stewart, John Oxley, and William Few.
1744 - 1818
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 19
1744 - 1807
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 20
1744 - 1816
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 21
1744 - 1811
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 22
1744 - 1796
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 23
1744 - 1810
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 24
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 25
1744 - 1819
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 26
1744 - 1806
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 27
1744 - 1800
HPI: 40.73
Rank: 28
1744 - 1822
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 29
1749 - 1828
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 30
1754 - 1828
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 31
1753 - 1828
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 32
1759 - 1828
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 33
1767 - 1828
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 34
1755 - 1828
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 35
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 36
1769 - 1828
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 37
1753 - 1828
HPI: 40.12
Rank: 38
1785 - 1828
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 39
1748 - 1828
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 40
Among people born in Portugal, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 328 out of 555. Before him are José Leite de Vasconcelos (1858), Jorge de Sena (1919), Guerra Junqueiro (1850), Fernando Chalana (1959), Rui Rio (1957), and Herberto Hélder (1930). After him are Aquilino Ribeiro (1885), Hélder Postiga (1982), Pedro Costa (1958), Pedro Proença (1970), Jorge Costa (1971), and Eduardo Serra (1943).
1858 - 1941
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 322
1919 - 1978
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 323
1850 - 1923
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 324
1959 - 2022
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 325
1957 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 326
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 327
1744 - 1828
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 328
1885 - 1963
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 329
1982 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 330
1958 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 331
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 332
1971 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 333
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 334
Among biologists born in Portugal, Félix de Avelar Brotero ranks 2. Before him are João de Loureiro (1717).