BIOLOGIST

Jan Frederik Gronovius

1686 - 1762

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Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) (10 February 1690 in Leiden – 10 July 1762 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus. John Clayton, a plant collector in Virginia sent him many specimens, as well as manuscript descriptions, in the 1730s. Without Clayton's knowledge, Gronovius used the material in his Flora Virginica (1739–43, 2nd ed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jan Frederik Gronovius has received more than 29,323 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Frederik Gronovius is the 700th most popular biologist (down from 683rd in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 671st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 700 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Jakob Kaup, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Carl Skottsberg, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, and Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet. After him are Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Ruth Arnon, Jane Colden, Édouard Spach, Ignaz Schiffermüller, and Richard Lewontin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 17. Before him are Antoine de Jussieu, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Domenico Montagnana, Cosmas Damian Asam, Andrey Osterman, and Giuseppe Simone Assemani.  Among people deceased in 1762, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 22. Before him are Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Dorothea Erxleben, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Stanisław Poniatowski, Francesco Manfredini, and Francesco Loredan. After him is George Anson, 1st Baron Anson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 719 out of 1,646. Before him are Adrie Koster (1954), Erwin Olaf (1959), Anouk (1975), John Bosman (1965), Alex van Warmerdam (1952), and Gustav de Vries (1866). After him are Martin van Creveld (1946), Tinus Osendarp (1916), Huub Rothengatter (1954), Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Martin Garrix (1996), and Pieter de Grebber (1600).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 15. Before him are Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Johannes Burman (1707), George Clifford III (1685), and Volcher Coiter (1534). After him are C. B. van Niel (1897), Wilhem de Haan (1801), Wim Crusio (1954), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807).

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