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BIOLOGIST

Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim

1771 - 1853

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Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Фи́шер фон Ва́льдгейм, romanized: Grigórij Ivánovič Fíšer fon Vál'dgejm; 13 October 1771 – 18 October 1853) was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist. Fischer was born as Gotthilf Fischer in Waldheim, Saxony, the son of a linen weaver. He studied medicine at Leipzig. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim has received more than 69,589 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim is the 231st most popular biologist (down from 197th in 2019), the 2,002nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,605th in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 231 out of 841Before him are H. Robert Horvitz, Peter Forsskål, John Lindley, Francisco Varela, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, and Craig Venter. After him are Christen C. Raunkiær, Friedrich Loeffler, Joseph Gaertner, Pieter Boddaert, Hieronymus Bock, and James Dwight Dana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 19Before him are Marie François Xavier Bichat, Mungo Park, Laskarina Bouboulina, Ferdinando Paer, Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Duke Alexander of Württemberg. After him are Mikhail Miloradovich, Rahel Varnhagen, Jean Rapp, Johann Baptist Cramer, Henry Maudslay, and Georges Cadoudal. Among people deceased in 1853, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 18Before him are Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Leopold Gmelin, Juan Donoso Cortés, Christian Leopold von Buch, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, and Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg. After him are Julius Jacob von Haynau, Andries Pretorius, Frédéric Ozanam, George Onslow, Auguste Laurent, and Anastasio Bustamante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 2,002 out of 6,142Before him are Gershon Kingsley (1922), Eduard Meyer (1855), Julius Plücker (1801), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813), and Rachel Félix (1821). After him are Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), Alfred Schmidt (1931), Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875), Alexander Gauland (1941), Martin Gottfried Weiss (1905), and Leopold IV, Prince of Lippe (1871).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 31Before him are Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Willi Hennig (1913), and Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765). After him are Friedrich Loeffler (1852), Joseph Gaertner (1732), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Otto Brunfels (1488), Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), and Carl Correns (1864).