BIOLOGIST

João Barbosa Rodrigues

1842 - 1909

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João Barbosa Rodrigues (June 22, 1842 – March 6, 1909) was considered one of Brazil's greatest botanists, known especially for his work on orchids and palms. For nearly two decades he was director of the Botanic Garden of Rio de Janeiro. Something of a polymath, he was a prolific botanical artist who also made contributions to his country's ethnography, geography, linguistics, zoology, and literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of João Barbosa Rodrigues has received more than 16,208 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. João Barbosa Rodrigues is the 964th most popular biologist (down from 807th in 2019), the 791st most popular biography from Brazil (down from 619th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Brazilian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 964 out of 1,097. Before him are Ivan Lepyokhin, Édouard Louis Trouessart, Janet Rowley, John Hutton Balfour, Richard Meinertzhagen, and Aimée Antoinette Camus. After him are Alexander Wetmore, Alexander Wendt, James Chapin, John Lawrence LeConte, Archibald Menzies, and William Diller Matthew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 98. Before him are Charles W. Alcock, Nikolai Menshutkin, Agnes Mary Clerke, Mary MacKillop, Mary Putnam Jacobi, and Édouard Louis Trouessart. After him are Robert Collett, Charles Lapworth, Henry Hyndman, Elliott Coues, Phoebe Hearst, and Sidney Lanier. Among people deceased in 1909, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 96. Before him are Petre S. Aurelian, Peter Lesgaft, Francis Marion Crawford, Lina Morgenstern, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Mary MacKillop. After him are Oliver Otis Howard, Bertha Townsend, and Edward Everett Hale.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 791 out of 2,236. Before him are Donizete Oliveira (1968), Cris (1977), Carlos Alberto Dias (1967), Romarinho (1990), Joaquim Cruz (1963), and Fidélis (1944). After him are Viola (1969), Renan Lodi (1998), Charles Oliveira (1989), Fabrício Werdum (1977), Fernando (1987), and Bruno Guimarães (1997).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among biologists born in Brazil, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 5. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915), Bertha Lutz (1894), Euclides da Cunha (1866), and Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922).

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