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Jacob Christian Schäffer

German inventor, professor, botanist, entomologist and ornithologist

1718 - 1790

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His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2024). Jacob Christian Schäffer is the 304th most popular biologist (up from 337th in 2024), the 2,062nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,611th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Biologist.

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Jacob Christian Schäffer climbed 5,367 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #28,608 to #23,262.

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Among Biologists

Among biologists, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 304 out of 1,121. Before him are Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Jacob Georg Agardh, Takenoshin Nakai, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, and Edward Turner Bennett. After him are George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Hieronymus Bock, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Motoo Kimura, John Gurdon, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 11. Before him are Alexander Roslin, Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie. After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. Among people deceased in 1790, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 10. Before him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Mohammed ben Abdallah. After him are Johann Bernhard Basedow, William Cullen, Johann II Bernoulli, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 2,062 out of 8,184. Before him are Frederick of Utrecht (780), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Paul Landers (1964), Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), and Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651). After him are Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), and Walther Hewel (1904).

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Among Biologists In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 51. Before him are Eduard Rüppell (1794), Lorenz Oken (1779), Otto Brunfels (1488), Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725). After him are Hieronymus Bock (1498), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), and Willi Hennig (1913).

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