BIOLOGIST

Heinrich Zollinger

1818 - 1859

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Heinrich Zollinger (22 March 1818 – 19 May 1859) was a Swiss botanist. Zollinger was born in Feuerthalen, Switzerland. From 1837 to 1838 he studied botany at the University of Geneva under Augustin and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, but had to interrupt his studies due to financial problems. In 1842 he moved to Java, working in a botanical garden, and on small government-financed scientific expeditions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Zollinger has received more than 18,164 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Heinrich Zollinger is the 764th most popular biologist (down from 665th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 448th in 2019) and the 25th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Heinrich Zollinger ranks 764 out of 1,097. Before him are Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, Albert Bruce Jackson, James Sowerby, Alexei Fedchenko, Karl Moritz Schumann, and David Keilin. After him are Hans von Berlepsch, Bunzō Hayata, Spencer Fullerton Baird, Kristine Bonnevie, Ángel Cabrera, and Giacomo Bresadola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Heinrich Zollinger ranks 85. Before him are Wilhelm Camphausen, Irvin McDowell, William M. Evarts, Ilya Berezin, Dimitrie Brătianu, and Henry Litolff. After him are Ludwig Traube, Nikolay Milyutin, Mary Elizabeth Barber, Alexander Dreyschock, Benjamin Butler, and József Szlávy. Among people deceased in 1859, Heinrich Zollinger ranks 53. Before him are Thaddeus Bulgarin, William H. Prescott, Thomas Horsfield, Mirabeau B. Lamar, Prince William of Baden, and José Miguel de Velasco Franco. After him are Eliza Acton, Juan Bautista Ceballos, David Cox, Thomas Nuttall, Sydney, Lady Morgan, and Bakht Khan.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Heinrich Zollinger ranks 523 out of 1,015. Before him are Johannes Baumann (1874), Michelle Hunziker (1977), Bernard Fellay (1958), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Alain Geiger (1960), and Hoyte van Hoytema (1971). After him are Ludwig von Moos (1910), Rudolf Gnägi (1917), Béatrix Beck (1914), Pipilotti Rist (1962), Jacques Chessex (1934), and Bibi Torriani (1911).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Heinrich Zollinger ranks 25. Before him are Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Oswald Heer (1809), Alfred Newton (1829), Johann Amman (1707), John Isaac Briquet (1870), and Émil Goeldi (1859). After him are Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), Casimir de Candolle (1836), and Maurice Kottelat (1957).

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