1728 - 1785
Johann Gerhard König (29 November 1728 – 26 June 1785) was a Baltic German botanist and physician who served in the Tranquebar Mission, India before joining service under the Nawab of Arcot, and then the English East India Company. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Gerhard König has received more than 18,971 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Gerhard König is the 693rd most popular biologist, the 132nd most popular biography from Latvia and the 5th most popular Latvian Biologist.
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Among biologists, Johann Gerhard König ranks 693 out of 841. Before him are Carl Chun, William Hemsley, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, William Sherard, David Don, and Élie-Abel Carrière. After him are Jacob Bjerknes, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Miles Joseph Berkeley, Theobald Smith, Karel Domin, and Thomas Campbell Eyton.
1852 - 1914
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 687
1843 - 1924
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 688
1723 - 1778
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 689
1659 - 1728
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 690
1799 - 1841
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 691
1818 - 1896
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 692
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 693
1897 - 1975
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 694
1785 - 1874
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 695
1803 - 1889
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 696
1859 - 1934
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 697
1882 - 1953
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 698
1809 - 1870
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 699
Among people born in 1728, Johann Gerhard König ranks 30. Before him are Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Hiraga Gennai, Maria Angela Ardinghelli, John Wilkinson, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, and Ivan Polzunov. After him are Caesar Rodney and Mercy Otis Warren. Among people deceased in 1785, Johann Gerhard König ranks 19. Before him are Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Duchess Frederica of Württemberg, Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt, Johan Herman Wessel, Gottfried August Homilius, and Ali-Morad Khan Zand. After him are Ventura Rodríguez, Stephen Hopkins, James Oglethorpe, John Belchier, and George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville.
1728 - 1805
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 24
1728 - 1780
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 25
1728 - 1825
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 26
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 27
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 28
1728 - 1766
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 29
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 30
1728 - 1784
HPI: 39.60
Rank: 31
1728 - 1814
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 32
1717 - 1785
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 13
1765 - 1785
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 14
1755 - 1785
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 15
1742 - 1785
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 16
1714 - 1785
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 17
1779 - 1785
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 18
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 19
1717 - 1785
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 20
1707 - 1785
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 21
1696 - 1785
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 22
1706 - 1785
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 23
1716 - 1785
HPI: 41.54
Rank: 24
Among people born in Latvia, Johann Gerhard König ranks 132 out of 284. Before him are Imants Kalniņš (1941), Andris Bērziņš (1951), Helmuts Balderis (1952), Laima Vaikule (1954), Andrejs Upīts (1877), and Māris Kučinskis (1961). After him are Kārlis Skalbe (1879), Imants Ziedonis (1933), Indra Devi (1899), Jānis Endzelīns (1873), Anna Brigadere (1861), and Valdis Birkavs (1942).
1941 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 126
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 127
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 128
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 129
1877 - 1970
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 130
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 131
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 132
1879 - 1945
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 133
1933 - 2013
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 134
1899 - 2002
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 135
1873 - 1961
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 136
1861 - 1933
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 137
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.86
Rank: 138
Among biologists born in Latvia, Johann Gerhard König ranks 5. Before him are Georg August Schweinfurth (1836), Karl Eichwald (1795), Alexander Kovalevsky (1840), and Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter (1809).
1836 - 1925
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 1
1795 - 1876
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 2
1840 - 1901
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 3
1809 - 1889
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 4
1728 - 1785
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 5