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Johann Anton Güldenstädt

1745 - 1781

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Johann Anton Güldenstädt (26 April 1745 in Riga, Latvia – 23 March 1781 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service. Güldenstädt lost both his parents early, and from 1763 onwards studied pharmacy, botany and natural history in Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Anton Güldenstädt has received more than 30,009 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Johann Anton Güldenstädt is the 273rd most popular explorer (up from 290th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Latvia (up from 93rd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Explorer.

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.64

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  • 2.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 273 out of 498. Before him are Ippolito Rosellini, Paweł Strzelecki, Grigory Shelikhov, Juan Pizarro, Vladimir Atlasov, and Humphrey Gilbert. After him are Georg August Wallin, Karl Weyprecht, Nikolai Spathari, João da Nova, Richard Chancellor, and João Fernandes Lavrador.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 34. Before him are Caspar Wessel, Olaudah Equiano, Johann Peter Frank, François-Jean de la Barre, Antonio José Cavanilles, and Gim Hongdo. After him are Inō Tadataka, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Johann Peter Salomon, Benjamin Rush, Margravine Philippine of Brandenburg-Schwedt, and Félix María de Samaniego. Among people deceased in 1781, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 13. Before him are Ablai Khan, Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, Faustina Bordoni, Túpac Katari, and John Needham. After him are Giovanni Battista Beccaria, Johannes Ewald, Micaela Bastidas, Bartolina Sisa, Tobias Furneaux, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 78 out of 323. Before him are Karl Eichwald (1795), Wessel Freytag von Loringhoven (1899), Cēzars Ozers (1937), Nikolay Lossky (1870), Ivars Godmanis (1951), and Anšlavs Eglītis (1906). After him are Valdis Dombrovskis (1971), Annie Londonderry (1870), Arkady Raikin (1911), Yury Tynyanov (1894), Jānis Rudzutaks (1887), and Gustavs Zemgals (1871).

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Among EXPLORERS In Latvia

Among explorers born in Latvia, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 1. After him are Annie Londonderry (1870), and Matvei Gedenshtrom (1780).

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