BIOLOGIST

Johan Ernst Gunnerus

1718 - 1773

Photo of Johan Ernst Gunnerus

Icon of person Johan Ernst Gunnerus

Johan Ernst Gunnerus (26 February 1718 – 25 September 1773) was a Norwegian bishop and botanist. Gunnerus was born at Christiania. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Ernst Gunnerus has received more than 27,354 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Johan Ernst Gunnerus is the 416th most popular biologist (up from 515th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Norway (up from 224th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Norwegian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 27k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 416 out of 1,097. Before him are C. L. Gloger, Adrien-Henri de Jussieu, Johann Jakob Heckel, John Needham, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, and Guillaume Rondelet. After him are Alexander Braun, George Robert Waterhouse, Pehr Kalm, William Speirs Bruce, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, and Lucien Quélet.

Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 15. Before him are Jean Philippe Loys de Cheseaux, John Canton, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Jacob Christian Schäffer, Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg, and Antoine de Chézy. After him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Israel Putnam. Among people deceased in 1773, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 12. Before him are Luigi Vanvitelli, Paisius of Hilendar, Philibert Commerson, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Anton Janša, and Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield. After him are Stanisław Konarski, Alexis Piron, Pietro Bracci, Ismail III, George Edwards, and Narayan Rao.

Others Born in 1718

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1773

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 184 out of 1,039. Before him are Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836), Jens Munk (1579), Oscar Wisting (1871), Bjørn Wirkola (1943), Lars Korvald (1916), and Niels Juel (1629). After him are Johan Grøttumsbråten (1899), Haakon Ericsson (995), Kjell Askildsen (1929), Lars Saabye Christensen (1953), Henrik Steffens (1773), and Nils Christie (1928).

Others born in Norway

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 2. Before him are Martin Vahl (1749). After him are Henrik Steffens (1773), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Peter Ascanius (1723), Michael Sars (1805), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

Norwegian born Biologists

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous