BIOLOGIST

Johann Hedwig

1730 - 1799

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Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses. He is sometimes called the "father of bryology". He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Hedwig has received more than 30,023 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Hedwig is the 305th most popular biologist (up from 427th in 2019), the 159th most popular biography from Romania (up from 221st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Biologist.

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  • 55.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Hedwig ranks 305 out of 1,097. Before him are Nikolai Severtzov, Conrad Moench, Alexander von Middendorff, Clemens von Pirquet, James P. Allison, and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller. After him are Charles Plumier, Albert Günther, Pieter Boddaert, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Lev Berg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Johann Hedwig ranks 16. Before him are James Bruce, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, Velu Nachiyar, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, William Hamilton, and Motoori Norinaga. After him are Pieter Boddaert, Otto Friedrich Müller, Augustin Pajou, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, and Koca Yusuf Pasha. Among people deceased in 1799, Johann Hedwig ranks 20. Before him are Étienne-Louis Boullée, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, and Jean-François Marmontel. After him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, and Jean-Étienne Montucla.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Johann Hedwig ranks 159 out of 844. Before him are Vladislav I of Wallachia (1325), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), Constantin Prezan (1861), Gheorghe Tătărescu (1886), Ignaz von Born (1742), and Constantin Sănătescu (1885). After him are Dudu Georgescu (1950), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Mircea Cărtărescu (1956), Regalianus (250), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), and Vasile Alecsandri (1821).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Romania

Among biologists born in Romania, Johann Hedwig ranks 2. Before him are Ana Aslan (1897). After him are Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877), Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), Emil Racoviță (1868), and Grigore Antipa (1867).

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