BIOLOGIST

Josif Pančić

1814 - 1888

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Josif Pančić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јосиф Панчић; April 17, 1814 – February 25, 1888) was a Serbian botanist, a doctor of medicine, a lecturer at the Great School (the future University of Belgrade), and the first president of the Serbian Royal Academy. He extensively documented the flora of Serbia, and is credited with having classified many species of plants which were unknown to the botanical community at that time. Pančić is credited with discovering the Serbian spruce. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josif Pančić has received more than 70,185 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Josif Pančić is the 287th most popular biologist (up from 290th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 112th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Croatian Biologist.

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Over the past year Josif Pančić has had the most page views in the with 22,138 views, followed by English (9,246), and Croatian (4,262). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (96.81%), Slovenian (84.91%), and Catalan (84.86%)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Josif Pančić ranks 287 out of 1,097Before him are Wilhelm Peters, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, David Baltimore, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, and Martin Vahl. After him are Hieronymus Bock, Rudolf Weigl, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Johann Hermann, Carl Hagenbeck, and Leopold Fitzinger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Josif Pančić ranks 30Before him are Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Eduard Zeller, Eugène Charles Catalan, Rasoherina, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, and Kamehameha III. After him are Ernst Curtius, Henri Tresca, Adolf von Henselt, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Rafael Carrera, and Tatya Tope. Among people deceased in 1888, Josif Pančić ranks 38Before him are Charles Cros, Catherine Eddowes, Vsevolod Garshin, Henri Herz, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Dora d'Istria. After him are Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Philip Sheridan, Auguste Maquet, Matthew Arnold, Gustave Boulanger, and Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Josif Pančić ranks 115 out of 700Before him are Maximianus of Ravenna (499), Herman Potočnik (1892), Tin Ujević (1891), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), and Pietro I Candiano (842). After him are Franjo Šeper (1905), Ante Trumbić (1864), Petar Nadoveza (1942), Pietro Tradonico (750), Goran Ivanišević (1971), and Marko Krizin (1589).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Croatia

Among biologists born in Croatia, Josif Pančić ranks 2Before him are Roberto de Visiani (1800).