1809 - 1879
Karl Heinrich Emil Koch (6 June 1809 – 25 May 1879) was a German botanist. He is best known for his botanical explorations in the Caucasus region, including northeast Turkey. Most of his collections have today been lost. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Koch has received more than 15,629 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Koch is the 335th most popular biologist (up from 352nd in 2019), the 2,691st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,550th in 2019) and the 60th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Karl Koch ranks 335 out of 841. Before him are Carl Ludwig Blume, Alexander von Nordmann, Ian Wilmut, François-Alphonse Forel, Takenoshin Nakai, and Emil Christian Hansen. After him are John Stevens Henslow, John Needham, John Sulston, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Leizu, and Charles Chamberland.
1796 - 1862
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 329
1803 - 1866
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 330
1944 - 2023
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 331
1841 - 1912
HPI: 52.98
Rank: 332
1882 - 1952
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 333
1842 - 1909
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 334
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 335
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 336
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 337
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 338
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 339
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 340
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 341
Among people born in 1809, Karl Koch ranks 39. Before him are Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Jules Favre, Edward FitzGerald, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Matsumura Sōkon. After him are Joseph Jenkins Roberts, James Glaisher, Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Cyrus McCormick, and Rutherford Alcock. Among people deceased in 1879, Karl Koch ranks 28. Before him are August Grisebach, Baldomero Espartero, Camille Doncieux, Prince Henry of the Netherlands, Johann Friedrich von Brandt, and Begum Hazrat Mahal. After him are Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chevalier, Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, and Joseph Poelaert.
1809 - 1881
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 33
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 34
1809 - 1880
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 35
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 36
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 37
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 38
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 39
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 40
1809 - 1903
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 41
1809 - 1868
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 42
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 43
1809 - 1884
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 44
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 45
1814 - 1879
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 22
1793 - 1879
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 23
1847 - 1879
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 24
1820 - 1879
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25
1802 - 1879
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 26
1820 - 1879
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 27
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 28
1827 - 1879
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 29
1793 - 1879
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 30
1806 - 1879
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 31
1820 - 1879
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 32
1821 - 1879
HPI: 51.34
Rank: 33
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 34
Among people born in Germany, Karl Koch ranks 2,691 out of 6,142. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897), John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666), and Maximilian, Margrave of Baden (1933). After him are Catherine of Saxony, Archduchess of Austria (1468), Prince Johann Georg of Saxony (1869), Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684), Stefan Heym (1913), Louis III, Duke of Bavaria (1269), and George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1789).
1663 - 1712
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 2,685
1886 - 1978
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,686
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 2,687
1897 - 1960
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 2,688
1666 - 1729
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 2,689
1933 - 2022
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 2,690
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 2,691
1468 - 1524
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 2,692
1869 - 1938
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,693
1684 - 1774
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,694
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 2,695
1269 - 1296
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 2,696
1789 - 1845
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 2,697
Among biologists born in Germany, Karl Koch ranks 60. Before him are Albert Günther (1830), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Ernst Schäfer (1910), Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725), and Carl Ludwig Blume (1796). After him are Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823), Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665), Eugen Fischer (1874), Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743), and Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788).
1830 - 1914
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 54
1811 - 1871
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 55
1910 - 1992
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 56
1767 - 1851
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 57
1725 - 1776
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 58
1796 - 1862
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 59
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 60
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 61
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 62
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 63
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 64
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 65
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 66