BIOLOGIST

Karl Friedrich von Gaertner

1772 - 1850

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Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (or Carl Friedrich von Gärtner) (1 May 1772 – 1 September 1850) was a well-known German botanist, and the son of Joseph Gaertner. He was a pioneer in the study of hybrids, and he is considered an important influence on Gregor Mendel. Gärtner, who was a protestant, challenged the doctrine of Carl Linnaeus of the "new special creation" which stated that new species of vegetation could arise through hybridization. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Friedrich von Gaertner has received more than 16,893 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Karl Friedrich von Gaertner is the 499th most popular biologist (down from 488th in 2019), the 3,610th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,488th in 2019) and the 108th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 499 out of 1,097. Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill, Moritz Wagner, Wilhelm Pfeffer, Charles De Geer, George Prideaux Robert Harris, and Jules Émile Planchon. After him are Francis Collins, Edward Blyth, Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem, Adolf Mayer, Aaron Aaronsohn, and Achille Valenciennes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 36. Before him are Friedrich Gilly, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Hồ Xuân Hương, Cristóbal Mendoza, and Martha Jefferson Randolph. After him are Vicente López Portaña, Frans Michael Franzén, Manuel José Quintana, Paul Louis Courier, Charles Leclerc, and William H. Crawford. Among people deceased in 1850, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 42. Before him are Bashir Shihab II, Lodewijk van Heiden, Adalbert Gyrowetz, Richard Mentor Johnson, Charles Rivière-Hérard, and Václav Tomášek. After him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Count Brandenburg, Vicente López Portaña, Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Jean Broc, and Friedrich Robert Faehlmann.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 3,610 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Leisner (1915), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Countess Palatine Anna Maria of Neuburg (1575), Hans Multscher (1400), Prince Arnulf of Bavaria (1852), and Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949). After him are Prince Aribert of Anhalt (1866), Max August Zorn (1906), Markus Merk (1962), Winfried Kretschmann (1948), Johann Walter (1496), and Heinrich Hübschmann (1848).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 108. Before him are Heinrich Anton de Bary (1831), Archibald Reiss (1875), Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840), Johann Georg Wagler (1800), Moritz Wagner (1813), and Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845). After him are Adolf Mayer (1843), Johann Julius Walbaum (1724), Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824), Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), and Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780).

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