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BIOLOGIST

Johann Hermann

1738 - 1800

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Johann, or Jean-Frederic, Hermann, or Herrmann, (31 December 1738 in Barr, Alsace – 4 October 1800 in Strasbourg) was a French physician and naturalist. In 1769 he was appointed professor of medicine at the School of Public Health of Strasbourg, then, in 1778, professor of philosophy, before going on, in 1784, to succeed Jacob Reinbold Spielmann as chair of chemistry, natural history and materia medica. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Hermann has received more than 37,090 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Hermann is the 259th most popular biologist (down from 211th in 2019), the 2,301st most popular biography from France (down from 1,877th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Hermann ranks 259 out of 841Before him are Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, James Edward Smith, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Hermann Schlegel, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. After him are Eduard Rüppell, Wilder Penfield, Alexander Georg von Bunge, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, René Lesson, and Stephan Endlicher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Johann Hermann ranks 11Before him are Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Ethan Allen, and Thomas Abbt. After him are Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Jacques Delille. Among people deceased in 1800, Johann Hermann ranks 15Before him are Salawat Yulayev, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, Jean-Antoine Marbot, George XII of Georgia, Lorenzo Mascheroni, and Salomon Maimon. After him are François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle, and Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Johann Hermann ranks 2,301 out of 6,011Before him are Hans von Salmuth (1888), Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Benjamin Péret (1899), Henry Beaufort (1374), Gonzalo Higuaín (1987), and Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens (1704). After him are Louis Poinsot (1777), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), Adémar de Chabannes (989), Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1363), Paul Adam (1862), and Fred Vargas (1957).

Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Johann Hermann ranks 33Before him are Pierre Belon (1517), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Félix d'Herelle (1873), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806). After him are René Lesson (1794), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Alain Bombard (1924), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), and Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763).