BIOLOGIST

Georg Ossian Sars

1837 - 1927

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Prof Georg Ossian Sars HFRSE (20 April 1837 – 9 April 1927) was a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Ossian Sars has received more than 44,038 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Georg Ossian Sars is the 874th most popular biologist (down from 871st in 2019), the 386th most popular biography from Norway (up from 428th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 874 out of 1,097. Before him are Pierre Chambon, Hermann Harms, Birbal Sahni, Charles Horton Peck, G. Evelyn Hutchinson, and Filippo Parlatore. After him are Jakob Emanuel Lange, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Reginald Innes Pocock, Charles Tate Regan, Charles Conrad Abbott, and Johann August Ephraim Goeze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 105. Before him are Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, Nikolai Bugaev, Pedro Varela, Karl Mauch, Peter Lesgaft, and Atis Kronvalds. After him are Theodor Rosetti, Joachim IV of Constantinople, José Burgos, Georg Bühler, Richard A. Proctor, and Nell Arthur. Among people deceased in 1927, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 132. Before him are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Marcus Loew, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Johan Edman, Edward Henry Potthast, and C. E. Ruthenberg. After him are Heinrich XXIV, Prince Reuss of Greiz, Federico De Roberto, Harald Hansen, Anna Golubkina, Ödön Bodor, and Manuel Gondra.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 386 out of 1,039. Before him are Nils Arne Eggen (1941), Olve Eikemo (1973), Odd Iversen (1945), Johan Vaaler (1866), Aksel Hennie (1975), and Johann Olav Koss (1968). After him are Sture Sivertsen (1966), Audun Boysen (1929), Finn Kalvik (1947), Frank Hansen (1945), Torgeir Brandtzæg (1941), and Åsne Seierstad (1970).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 6. Before him are Martin Vahl (1749), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Henrik Steffens (1773), Harald Sverdrup (1888), and Kristine Bonnevie (1872). After him are Peter Ascanius (1723), Michael Sars (1805), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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