BIOLOGIST

Georg Forster

1754 - 1794

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Johann George Adam Forster, also known as Georg Forster (German pronunciation: [ˈɡeːɔʁk ˈfɔʁstɐ], 27 November 1754 – 10 January 1794), was a German geographer, naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist and revolutionary. At an early age, he accompanied his father, Johann Reinhold Forster, on several scientific expeditions, including James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific. His report of that journey, A Voyage Round the World, contributed significantly to the ethnology of the people of Polynesia and remains a respected work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Forster has received more than 252,310 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2019). Georg Forster is the 110th most popular biologist (up from 141st in 2019), the 194th most popular biography from Poland (up from 235th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Polish Biologist.

Georg Forster is most famous for being the first person to publish a description of Tahiti in his book, "A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1772, 1773, and 1774."

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  • 62.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Georg Forster ranks 110 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Louis Agassiz, Edward Tatum, Jan Swammerdam, Julian Huxley, and Nikolay Pirogov. After him are Alfred Hershey, John Gurdon, Aimé Bonpland, Hans Christian Gram, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, and Carl Woese.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1754, Georg Forster ranks 9. Before him are Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, Joseph Proust, Seraphim of Sarov, Madame Roland, Jacques Pierre Brissot, and Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este. After him are Frederick I of Württemberg, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Jean-Baptiste Regnault, and Salawat Yulayev. Among people deceased in 1794, Georg Forster ranks 17. Before him are Élisabeth of France, André Chénier, Georges Couthon, Gregory Skovoroda, Augustin Robespierre, and William Jones. After him are Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Nicolas Chamfort, Jacques Roux, Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, and Jean-Baptiste Carrier.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Georg Forster ranks 194 out of 1,694. Before him are Ernst Kummer (1810), Bolesław II the Generous (1041), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Hans Lammers (1879), and Carl Wernicke (1848). After him are Reinhard Selten (1930), Mieszko II Lambert (990), Alice Miller (1923), Otto von Below (1857), Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff (1788), and Frederick I of Württemberg (1754).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Poland

Among biologists born in Poland, Georg Forster ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand Cohn (1828), and Günter Blobel (1936). After him are Adolf Engler (1844), Johann Reinhold Forster (1729), Julius von Sachs (1832), C. L. Gloger (1803), Gustav Radde (1831), Heinrich von Kittlitz (1799), Martin Rathke (1793), Ludwik Hirszfeld (1884), and Władysław Taczanowski (1819).

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