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BIOLOGIST

Ignaz Schiffermüller

1727 - 1806

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Jeremias (Johann) Ignaz Schiffermüller (2 November 1727, Hellmonsödt – 21 June 1806, Linz) was an Austrian naturalist and Jesuit teacher who took a special interest in the Lepidoptera. In order to describe the colours of butterflies, he also looked for a systematic approach to describing colours in nature and to standardize their names. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ignaz Schiffermüller has received more than 20,655 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ignaz Schiffermüller is the 587th most popular biologist (up from 614th in 2019), the 732nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 710th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 587 out of 841Before him are Francisco J. Ayala, William Withering, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Franz Unger, and Gerrit Smith Miller. After him are Fritz Schaudinn, Marie Jules César Savigny, Robert Swinhoe, Volcher Coiter, Shi Zhengli, and Roberto de Visiani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 27Before him are James Wolfe, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, Ivan Shuvalov, Horatio Gates, and Peter Woulfe. After him are Andrew Planche, Johann Gottfried Zinn, William Samuel Johnson, and William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1806, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 40Before him are Michael von Melas, Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, Karoline von Günderrode, and Henry Knox. After him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Morris, Heinrich Christian Boie, and Rana Bahadur Shah.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 732 out of 1,237Before him are Franz Tost (1956), Otmar Suitner (1922), Siegfried Selberherr (1955), Anton Schall (1907), Paula Wessely (1907), and Franz Unger (1800). After him are Parov Stelar (1974), Alfred Berger (1894), Lilia Skala (1896), Richard Heuberger (1850), Alexander Lernet-Holenia (1897), and Erik Schinegger (1948).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 12Before him are Erich von Tschermak (1871), Othenio Abel (1875), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), and Franz Unger (1800). After him are Franz Steindachner (1834), Josef August Schultes (1773), Johann Natterer (1787), Joseph Rock (1884), Otto Stapf (1857), and Pál Kitaibel (1757).