1792 - 1876
Karl Ernst Ritter von Baer Edler von Huthorn (28 February [O.S. 17 February] 1792 – 28 November [O.S. 16 November] 1876) was a Baltic German scientist and explorer. Baer is also known in Russia as Karl Maksímovich Ber (Russian: Карл Макси́мович Бэр). Baer was a naturalist, biologist, geologist, meteorologist, geographer, and a founding father of embryology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Ernst von Baer has received more than 147,644 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Karl Ernst von Baer is the 34th most popular biologist (down from 31st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Estonia and the most popular Estonian Biologist.
Karl Ernst von Baer is most famous for his discovery of the mammalian ovum in 1827.
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Among biologists, Karl Ernst von Baer ranks 34 out of 844. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi, Dian Fossey, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Charles Richet, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, and Jules Bordet. After him are Barbara McClintock, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Richard Owen, Peter Simon Pallas, August Weismann, and Ada Yonath.
1945 - Present
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 28
1932 - 1985
HPI: 75.51
Rank: 29
1729 - 1799
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 30
1850 - 1935
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 31
1707 - 1788
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 32
1870 - 1961
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 33
1792 - 1876
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 34
1902 - 1992
HPI: 74.74
Rank: 35
1907 - 1988
HPI: 74.54
Rank: 36
1804 - 1892
HPI: 74.29
Rank: 37
1741 - 1811
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 38
1834 - 1914
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 39
1939 - Present
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 40
Among people born in 1792, Karl Ernst von Baer ranks 8. Before him are Pope Pius IX, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Nikolai Lobachevsky, John Herschel, Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis, and William II of the Netherlands. After him are Caroline Augusta of Bavaria, Alexander Ypsilantis, Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Johan August Arfwedson, William, Duke of Nassau, and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1876, Karl Ernst von Baer ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin, George Sand, Abdülaziz, George Armstrong Custer, and Josephine of Leuchtenberg. After him are Antonio López de Santa Anna, Truganini, Catherine Labouré, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Marie d'Agoult, and Ildefons Cerdà.
1792 - 1878
HPI: 83.46
Rank: 2
1792 - 1822
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 3
1792 - 1856
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 4
1792 - 1871
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 5
1792 - 1843
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 6
1792 - 1849
HPI: 75.73
Rank: 7
1792 - 1876
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 8
1792 - 1873
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 9
1792 - 1828
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
1792 - 1854
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1792 - 1841
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 12
1792 - 1839
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 13
1792 - 1849
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 14
1814 - 1876
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 1
1804 - 1876
HPI: 82.26
Rank: 2
1830 - 1876
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 3
1839 - 1876
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 4
1807 - 1876
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 5
1792 - 1876
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 6
1794 - 1876
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 7
1812 - 1876
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 8
1806 - 1876
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 9
1795 - 1876
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 10
1805 - 1876
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 11
1815 - 1876
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 12
Among people born in Estonia, Karl Ernst von Baer ranks 5 out of 276. Before him are Catherine I of Russia (1684), Alfred Rosenberg (1893), Arvo Pärt (1935), and Emil Lenz (1804). After him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778), Konstantin Päts (1874), Wolfgang Köhler (1887), Louis Kahn (1901), Lennart Meri (1929), Paul Keres (1916), and Arnold Rüütel (1928).
1684 - 1727
HPI: 82.81
Rank: 1
1893 - 1946
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 3
1804 - 1865
HPI: 76.42
Rank: 4
1792 - 1876
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 5
1778 - 1852
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 6
1874 - 1956
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 7
1887 - 1967
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 8
1901 - 1974
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 9
1929 - 2006
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 10
1916 - 1975
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 11
1928 - Present
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 12
Among biologists born in Estonia, Karl Ernst von Baer ranks 1. After him are Jakob von Uexküll (1864) and Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793).
1792 - 1876
HPI: 74.91
Rank: 1
1864 - 1944
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 2
1793 - 1831
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 3