BIOLOGIST

Johan Peter Falk

1732 - 1774

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Johan Peter Falk (26 November 1732 – 31 March 1774) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. His first name is sometimes spelled "Johann"; his middle name is sometimes spelled "Pehr"; and his surname is sometimes spelled "Falck". The standard author abbreviation Falk is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johan Peter Falk has received more than 24,928 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Peter Falk is the 481st most popular biologist (down from 415th in 2019).

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  • 25k

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  • 51.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johan Peter Falk ranks 481 out of 1,097. Before him are Dmitry Belyayev, Henri Ernest Baillon, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Karl Gegenbaur, Heinrich Anton de Bary, and Matthias de l'Obel. After him are Benedykt Dybowski, Archibald Reiss, Heinz Christian Pander, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, and Otto Wilhelm Thomé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, Johan Peter Falk ranks 25. Before him are Hieronymus von Colloredo, František Brixi, Joseph von Sonnenfels, Nevil Maskelyne, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, and Joseph Gaertner. After him are Frederick North, Lord North, José Celestino Mutis, Shuja-ud-Daula, Richard Henry Lee, David Rittenhouse, and John Blair Jr.. Among people deceased in 1774, Johan Peter Falk ranks 17. Before him are Oliver Goldsmith, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, and Anna Morandi Manzolini. After him are Otto von Münchhausen, Henry Baker, Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, and William Hewson.

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