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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 40,603 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Ossian Sars is the 872nd most popular biologist (down from 329th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Norway (down from 152nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 872 out of 841Before him are Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Charles B. Cory, John Hopfield, David Douglas, Charles Walter De Vis, and Dukinfield Henry Scott. After him are John Belchier, William Yarrell, Walter Buller, Warwick Estevam Kerr, Robert Collett, and Bryan Sykes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 100Before him are Leo Königsberger, Atis Kronvalds, Pedro Varela, Theodor Rosetti, Juan Lindolfo Cuestas, and Richard A. Proctor. After him are Georg Bühler, Charles Ammi Cutter, Mark Hanna, Nell Arthur, John Burroughs, and Joaquin Miller. Among people deceased in 1927, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 125Before him are Edward Henry Potthast, George Nichols, Feliciano Viera, Ödön Bodor, Harald Hansen, and Manuel Gondra. After him are Leonard Wood, Samuel Garman, Harry Johnston, Charles Sprague Sargent, Otto Blehr, and Sybil Bauer.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 429 out of 927Before him are Ingrid Kristiansen (1956), Abraham Berge (1851), Anneke von der Lippe (1964), Jørn Lande (1968), Alf Martinsen (1911), and Frithjof Ulleberg (1911). After him are Lisbeth Korsmo (1948), Ole Østmo (1866), Greta Nissen (1906), Peder Kolstad (1878), Petter Northug (1986), and Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway (2004).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Georg Ossian Sars ranks 8Before him are Henrik Steffens (1773), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Michael Sars (1805), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873). After him are Leonhard Stejneger (1851) and Peter Ascanius (1723).