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José Celestino Mutis

1732 - 1808

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José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician. He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment, whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of José Celestino Mutis has received more than 84,438 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). José Celestino Mutis is the 584th most popular physicist (down from 574th in 2019), the 1,294th most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,232nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Spanish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, José Celestino Mutis ranks 584 out of 851. Before him are Ole Jacob Broch, Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann, Dirk Coster, Giuseppe Occhialini, Carlo Alberto Castigliano, and Charles W. Misner. After him are Yakov Frenkel, Franco Rasetti, William D. Coolidge, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau, and Sergey Kapitsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1732, José Celestino Mutis ranks 27. Before him are Joseph von Sonnenfels, Nevil Maskelyne, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Joseph Gaertner, Johan Peter Falk, and Frederick North, Lord North. After him are Shuja-ud-Daula, Richard Henry Lee, David Rittenhouse, and John Blair Jr.. Among people deceased in 1808, José Celestino Mutis ranks 22. Before him are Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Alexander Dalrymple, and Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. After him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, Giuseppe Piermarini, John Wilkinson, Étienne Pierre Ventenat, Carl Hindenburg, and Fisher Ames.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, José Celestino Mutis ranks 1,294 out of 3,355. Before him are Gabi (1983), Robert Gerhard (1896), Gregorio Fernández (1576), Rafael Martín Vázquez (1965), Carlos Amigo Vallejo (1934), and Pedro Parages (1883). After him are Juan de Villanueva (1739), Amadeo García (1887), Celestino Aós Braco (1945), José Araquistáin (1937), Goyo Benito (1946), and Romà Forns (1885).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Spain

Among physicists born in Spain, José Celestino Mutis ranks 2. Before him are Javier Solana (1942). After him are Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain (1965).

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