1772 - 1850
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, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 489 out of 841. Before 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.
1876 - 1919
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 483
1829 - 1880
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 484
1819 - 1870
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 485
1875 - 1967
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 486
1793 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 487
1823 - 1888
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 488
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 489
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 490
1778 - 1846
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 491
1887 - 1948
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 492
1868 - 1929
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 493
1766 - 1828
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 494
1856 - 1928
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 495
Among people born in 1772, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 35. Before 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 43. Before 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.
1772 - 1850
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 29
1772 - 1843
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 30
1772 - 1820
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 31
1772 - 1827
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 32
1772 - 1829
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 33
1772 - 1800
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 34
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 35
1772 - 1847
HPI: 49.07
Rank: 36
1772 - 1857
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 37
1772 - 1836
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 38
1772 - 1825
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 39
1772 - 1802
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 40
1772 - 1834
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 41
1789 - 1850
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 37
1774 - 1850
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 38
1780 - 1850
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 39
1772 - 1850
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 40
1781 - 1850
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 41
1769 - 1850
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 42
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 43
1788 - 1850
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 44
1767 - 1850
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 45
1798 - 1850
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 46
1774 - 1850
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 47
1803 - 1850
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 48
1788 - 1850
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 49
Among people born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 3,492 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,486
1868 - 1932
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,487
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,488
1789 - 1860
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 3,489
1904 - 1997
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,490
1807 - 1887
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,491
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 3,492
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 3,493
1925 - 1982
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,494
1965 - 1995
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,495
1928 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 3,496
1849 - 1922
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 3,497
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.78
Rank: 3,498
Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner ranks 96. Before 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).
1840 - 1925
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 90
1845 - 1920
HPI: 50.33
Rank: 91
1716 - 1774
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 92
1771 - 1848
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 93
1757 - 1834
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 94
1816 - 1906
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 95
1772 - 1850
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 96
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 97
1868 - 1929
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 98
1747 - 1835
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 99
1809 - 1870
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 100
1782 - 1854
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 101
1871 - 1931
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 102