BIOLOGIST

John Isaac Briquet

1870 - 1931

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John Isaac Briquet (13 March 1870 in Geneva – 26 October 1931 in Geneva) was a Swiss botanist, director of the Conservatoire Botanique at Geneva. He received his education in natural sciences at Geneva and Berlin, and studied botany with Simon Schwendener, Adolf Engler, Marc Thury, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, and Alphonse de Candolle. In 1896 he became a curator at the Conservatoire Botanique, later serving as its director (1906–1931). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Isaac Briquet has received more than 9,985 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Isaac Briquet is the 723rd most popular biologist (down from 593rd in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Isaac Briquet ranks 723 out of 1,097. Before him are Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Johan Andreas Murray, Angela Piskernik, Franz Xaver Fieber, Emilie Snethlage, and Osbert Salvin. After him are Karl Patterson Schmidt, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Émile Oustalet, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Émil Goeldi, and James L. Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, John Isaac Briquet ranks 125. Before him are Emil Młynarski, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Antonius van den Broek, Yi Jun-yong, Johan Ludwig Mowinckel, and Verner Järvinen. After him are Julián Besteiro, R. B. Bennett, Ivan Perestiani, Bautista Saavedra, Nino Martoglio, and Frank Norris. Among people deceased in 1931, John Isaac Briquet ranks 122. Before him are Marvin Hart, Kálmán Kandó, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Eugen Schmidt, Richard Wettstein, and Emiliano Figueroa. After him are William Frederick Denning, Konrad Stäheli, Art Acord, Emilio Aceval, David Belasco, and Cesare Burali-Forti.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, John Isaac Briquet ranks 499 out of 1,015. Before him are Hans Huber (1852), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Florian Cajori (1859), James of Saint George (1230), Simon Ammann (1981), and Johann Jakob Breitinger (1701). After him are Émil Goeldi (1859), Eugen Huber (1849), Louis Ruchonnet (1834), Roger Bocquet (1921), Giuseppe Lepori (1902), and Ernst Wetter (1877).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, John Isaac Briquet ranks 23. Before him are Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Oswald Heer (1809), Alfred Newton (1829), and Johann Amman (1707). After him are Émil Goeldi (1859), Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), Casimir de Candolle (1836), and Maurice Kottelat (1957).

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