PHILOSOPHER

Jean Rostand

1894 - 1977

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Jean Edmond Cyrus Rostand (30 October 1894 – 4 September 1977) was a French biologist, historian of science, and philosopher. Active as an experimental biologist, Rostand became famous for his work as a science writer, as well as a philosopher and an activist. His scientific work covered a variety of biological fields such as amphibian embryology, parthenogenesis and teratogeny, while his literary output extended into popular science, history of science and philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jean Rostand has received more than 153,734 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jean Rostand is the 995th most popular philosopher (down from 916th in 2019), the 3,640th most popular biography from France (down from 3,208th in 2019) and the 126th most popular French Philosopher.

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  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jean Rostand ranks 995 out of 1,267. Before him are Dimitri Kitsikis, Athenodorus Cananites, Abdolkarim Soroush, Harry Frankfurt, Merab Mamardashvili, and Sphaerus. After him are Nana Asmaʼu, Thomas Arnold, Ram Dass, Seyla Benhabib, Jacob Taubes, and Jean François de Saint-Lambert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Jean Rostand ranks 154. Before him are Mirza Davud Huseynov, Giuseppe Tucci, Magda Julin, Ivan Papanin, Olive Thomas, and Robert Menzies. After him are Tibor Déry, Berdi Kerbabayev, Walter Piston, Alfred Berger, José Bustamante y Rivero, and Ernesto Ambrosini. Among people deceased in 1977, Jean Rostand ranks 134. Before him are Neco, Scott Bradley, Willem Schermerhorn, Juan Carlos Calvo, Paul Bernays, and Konstantin Fedin. After him are Tibor Déry, Azucena Villaflor, Alice Paul, Alexander Volkov, Nicolae Kovács, and Siegfried Buback.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Rostand ranks 3,640 out of 6,770. Before him are Gérard Lenorman (1945), Henri Regnault (1843), Eugène Simon (1848), Jacques Soustelle (1912), Madeleine de Souvré, marquise de Sablé (1599), and Philippe Alliot (1954). After him are Nicholas Rémy (1530), Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694), Henri Dupuy de Lôme (1816), Charb (1967), Laetitia Casta (1978), and François de La Mothe Le Vayer (1588).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jean Rostand ranks 126. Before him are Michel Onfray (1959), Anselm of Laon (1050), Roger de Rabutin, Comte de Bussy (1618), Pierre Nicole (1625), Guillaume Faye (1949), and Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe (1940). After him are Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Jacques Cujas (1522), Daniel Bensaïd (1946), Samuel ibn Tibbon (1150), Rémi Brague (1947), and Jean Cavaillès (1903).

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