1656 - 1708
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (5 June 1656 – 28 December 1708) was a French botanist, notable as the first to make a clear definition of the concept of genus for plants. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Pitton de Tournefort has received more than 121,089 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort is the 95th most popular biologist (down from 77th in 2019), the 1,006th most popular biography from France (down from 952nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Biologist.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a botanist who is most famous for his work in classifying plants. He is also credited with inventing the terms "family," "genus," and "species."
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Among biologists, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ranks 95 out of 841. Before him are André Michel Lwoff, John Gurdon, Werner Arber, Bernard Katz, Ibn al-Baitar, and William Carey. After him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Carl Peter Thunberg, Nikolay Pirogov, Philip Sclater, and Hans Christian Gram.
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 89
1933 - Present
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 90
1929 - Present
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 91
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 92
1197 - 1248
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 93
1761 - 1834
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 94
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 95
1915 - 2008
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 96
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 97
1743 - 1828
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 98
1810 - 1881
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 99
1829 - 1913
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 100
1853 - 1938
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 101
Among people born in 1656, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ranks 5. Before him are Edmond Halley, Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark, Marin Marais, and Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. After him are Anton Florian, Prince of Liechtenstein, Nicolas de Largillière, Robert de Cotte, Guillaume Dubois, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Kateri Tekakwitha, and Ferdinand de Marsin. Among people deceased in 1708, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ranks 3. Before him are Jules Hardouin-Mansart and Guru Gobind Singh. After him are Prince George of Denmark, Olympia Mancini, Countess of Soissons, Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, Ferdinando Carlo Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat, Seki Takakazu, Ludolf Bakhuizen, John Blow, and Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1656 - 1742
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1
1656 - 1693
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 2
1656 - 1728
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 3
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 4
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 5
1656 - 1721
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 6
1656 - 1746
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 7
1656 - 1735
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 8
1656 - 1723
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 9
1656 - 1746
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 10
1656 - 1680
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 11
1656 - 1706
HPI: 51.61
Rank: 12
1646 - 1708
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1
1666 - 1708
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 2
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 3
1653 - 1708
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 4
1638 - 1708
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 5
1681 - 1708
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 6
1651 - 1708
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
1652 - 1708
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 8
1642 - 1708
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 9
1630 - 1708
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 10
1649 - 1708
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 11
1658 - 1708
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ranks 1,006 out of 6,011. Before him are Claude Cahun (1894), Robert I, Count of Artois (1216), René Girard (1923), Antoine Galland (1646), Charles-Marie Widor (1844), and Lucien Laurent (1907). After him are René II, Duke of Lorraine (1451), Claude of France (1547), Jacques Hadamard (1865), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), Clotilde of France (1759), and Ambroise Thomas (1811).
1894 - 1954
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 1,000
1216 - 1250
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 1,001
1923 - 2015
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,002
1646 - 1715
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 1,003
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,004
1907 - 2005
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,005
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 1,006
1451 - 1508
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,007
1547 - 1575
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 1,008
1865 - 1963
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 1,009
1813 - 1888
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,010
1759 - 1802
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 1,011
1811 - 1896
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 1,012
Among biologists born in France, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort ranks 17. Before him are Roger Guillemin (1924), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Jean Dausset (1916), Carolus Clusius (1525), and André Michel Lwoff (1902). After him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Armand David (1826), Aimé Bonpland (1773), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), and Antoine Béchamp (1816).
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 11
1748 - 1836
HPI: 62.91
Rank: 12
1772 - 1844
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 13
1916 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 14
1525 - 1609
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 15
1902 - 1994
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 16
1656 - 1708
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 17
1803 - 1857
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 18
1737 - 1813
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 19
1826 - 1900
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 20
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 21
1968 - Present
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 22
1816 - 1908
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 23