BIOLOGIST

Johann Friedrich Meckel

1781 - 1833

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Johann Friedrich Meckel (17 October 1781 – 31 October 1833), often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger, was a German anatomist born in Halle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Friedrich Meckel has received more than 42,063 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Johann Friedrich Meckel is the 542nd most popular biologist (down from 489th in 2019), the 3,806th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,489th in 2019) and the 119th most popular German Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Johann Friedrich Meckels by language

Over the past year Johann Friedrich Meckel has had the most page views in the with 4,426 views, followed by Japanese (1,602), and German (1,391). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (75.27%), Egyptian Arabic (70.00%), and Norwegian (Nynorsk) (53.69%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Friedrich Meckel ranks 542 out of 1,097. Before him are Janaki Ammal, Franz Meyen, Marie Jules César Savigny, Paul Bert, Oswald Heer, and Albrecht Thaer. After him are Alfred Newton, Jean-Pierre Changeux, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Harald Sverdrup, Otto von Münchhausen, and Akira Miyawaki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Johann Friedrich Meckel ranks 33. Before him are Louis-Mathieu Molé, John Walker, George Dawe, François Habeneck, Christian von Steven, and Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana. After him are José de Madrazo y Agudo, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, Charlotte von Ahlefeld, Joseph Johann von Littrow, Henri Cassini, and Andrés Narvarte. Among people deceased in 1833, Johann Friedrich Meckel ranks 30. Before him are Nannette Streicher, Fausto Elhuyar, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Gottlob Ernst Schulze, Banastre Tarleton, and Ivan Martinov. After him are Yagan, Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Hannah More, William Thompson, and Joshua Brookes.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Meckel ranks 3,806 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich Gernsheim (1839), Albrecht Thaer (1752), Inge Scholl (1917), Balthasar Permoser (1651), Otto Witte (1872), and Bernard Dietz (1948). After him are Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810), Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1731), Alexander Kanoldt (1881), Friedel Lutz (1939), Bernhard Romberg (1767), and Friedrich Ludwig Schröder (1744).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Johann Friedrich Meckel ranks 119. Before him are Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794), Basilius Besler (1561), and Albrecht Thaer (1752). After him are Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Otto Kuntze (1843), Salomon Müller (1804), Oscar Hertwig (1849), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), and Eduard August von Regel (1815).

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