BIOLOGIST

Ignaz Schiffermüller

1727 - 1806

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Jeremias "Johann" Ignaz Schiffermüller (Austrian German pronunciation: [jereˈmiːas ˈiːɡnats ˈʃɪfɐˌmʏlɐ]; 2 November 1727 in Hellmonsödt – 21 June 1806 in Linz) was an Austrian naturalist and Jesuit teacher who took a special interest in the Lepidoptera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignaz Schiffermüller has received more than 22,395 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ignaz Schiffermüller is the 705th most popular biologist (down from 586th in 2019), the 839th most popular biography from Austria (down from 727th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 705 out of 1,097Before him are Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Jan Frederik Gronovius, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Ruth Arnon, Jane Colden, and Édouard Spach. After him are Richard Lewontin, Philip Barker-Webb, Curt Backeberg, Josephine Kablick, George Newbold Lawrence, and Friedrich Reinitzer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 30Before him are François-Hubert Drouais, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Ivan Shuvalov, Johann Gottfried Zinn, Peter Woulfe, and Andrew Planche. After him are William Samuel Johnson, and William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1806, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 44Before him are Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Gabriel François Doyen, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Karoline von Günderrode, Henry Knox, and Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter. After him are Heinrich Christian Boie, Benjamin Banneker, Rana Bahadur Shah, Robert Morris, William Paterson, and Charlotte Smith.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 839 out of 1,424Before him are Gottfried Haberler (1900), Josef Stroh (1913), Marianne Stokes (1855), Joseph Woelfl (1773), Franz Brunner (1913), and La Jana (1905). After him are Alexander Wurz (1974), Franz Wagner (1911), Robert Menasse (1954), Rosa Mayreder (1858), Rudolf Raftl (1911), and O. W. Fischer (1915).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 14Before him are Erich von Tschermak (1871), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Joy Adamson (1910), Franz Unger (1800), Josef August Schultes (1773), and Johann Natterer (1787). After him are Richard Wettstein (1863), Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), Pál Kitaibel (1757), Joseph Rock (1884), and Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878).