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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 15,616 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Friedrich von Gaertner is the 489th most popular biologist (down from 409th in 2019), the 3,492nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,804th in 2019) and the 96th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 489 out of 841Before him are Aaron Aaronsohn, Edmond Albius, Pieter Bleeker, Reginald Punnett, Martin Rathke, and Jules Émile Planchon. After him are Johann Friedrich Meckel, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Aldo Leopold, Emilie Snethlage, Samuel Frederick Gray, and Carl Axel Magnus Lindman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1772, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 35Before him are Vicente López Portaña, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Burgravine Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg, Cristóbal Mendoza, and Friedrich Gilly. After him are Frans Michael Franzén, Manuel José Quintana, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Paul Louis Courier, Charles Leclerc, and William H. Crawford. Among people deceased in 1850, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 43Before him are Charles Rivière-Hérard, Václav Tomášek, Richard Mentor Johnson, Vicente López Portaña, Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, and Garlieb Merkel. After him are Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, Bashir Shihab II, Friedrich Robert Faehlmann, Johann Jakob Bernhardi, Karl Schorn, and Adoniram Judson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 3,492 out of 6,142Before him are Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Paul Warburg (1868), Udo Voigt (1952), Friedrich Silcher (1789), Josef Pieper (1904), and Friedrich Theodor Vischer (1807). After him are Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), Konrad Wolf (1925), Ingo Schwichtenberg (1965), Ruth Westheimer (1928), Princess Marie Alexandrine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1849), and Klaus Doldinger (1936).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 96Before him are Otto Wilhelm Thomé (1840), Wilhelm Pfeffer (1845), Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Jacob Sturm (1771), Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757), and Jean Cabanis (1816). After him are Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), Emilie Snethlage (1868), Franz von Paula Schrank (1747), Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809), Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782), and Alwin Berger (1871).