BIOLOGIST

Johannes Schmidt

1877 - 1933

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Ernst Johannes Schmidt (2 January 1877 – 21 February 1933) was a Danish biologist credited with discovering in 1920 that European eels migrate to the Sargasso Sea to spawn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Schmidt has received more than 8,133 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Schmidt is the 858th most popular biologist (down from 709th in 2019), the 541st most popular biography from Denmark (down from 460th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Danish Biologist.

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  • 8.1k

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  • 46.08

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johannes Schmidt ranks 858 out of 1,097. Before him are Daniel Oliver, Joshua Brookes, William Kirby, John Torrey, William John Swainson, and C. B. van Niel. After him are Axel Gudbrand Blytt, Liberty Hyde Bailey, Stanley Norman Cohen, Ken Alibek, Thomas Bell, and George Montagu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Johannes Schmidt ranks 167. Before him are Joseph Stella, Bill Robinson, Leopold Skulski, Elena Guro, Karel Absolon, and Ervin Mészáros. After him are Malcolm Whitman, Félix Paiva, Henri Hazebrouck, Léon Sée, Hermann Martens, and J. Searle Dawley. Among people deceased in 1933, Johannes Schmidt ranks 132. Before him are Ismael Montes, Ahmet Haşim, Stasys Girėnas, Ring Lardner, Albert Champoudry, and Johann Berger. After him are Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Gustavo Jiménez, John Joly, Henry van Dyke Jr., Karl Jatho, and Earl Derr Biggers.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Johannes Schmidt ranks 541 out of 1,032. Before him are Kasper Hjulmand (1972), Joachim Trier (1974), Henry Petersen (1900), Pilou Asbæk (1982), Margrete Auken (1945), and Jens Jørgen Hansen (1939). After him are Ritt Bjerregaard (1941), Hans Scherfig (1905), Birgit Brüel (1927), Nina Bang (1866), Niels Helveg Petersen (1939), and Martin Jørgensen (1975).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among biologists born in Denmark, Johannes Schmidt ranks 12. Before him are Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), and Nathaniel Wallich (1786). After him are Johan Lange (1818), and Christian Friedrich Ecklon (1795).

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