BIOLOGIST

Ludwig von Bertalanffy

1901 - 1972

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Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (19 September 1901 – 12 June 1972) was an Austrian biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory (GST). This is an interdisciplinary practice that describes systems with interacting components, applicable to biology, cybernetics and other fields. Bertalanffy proposed that the classical laws of thermodynamics might be applied to closed systems, but not necessarily to "open systems" such as living things. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig von Bertalanffy has received more than 491,704 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Ludwig von Bertalanffy is the 124th most popular biologist (down from 107th in 2019), the 247th most popular biography from Austria (down from 246th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Biologist.

Ludwig von Bertalanffy is most famous for his general systems theory. This theory is a way of understanding the relationship between the different levels of organization in a system.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ludwig von Bertalanffy ranks 124 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Sydney Brenner, Har Gobind Khorana, Macfarlane Burnet, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, and Martinus Beijerinck. After him are Othenio Abel, Charles Scott Sherrington, August Grisebach, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Gaspard Bauhin, and Erwin Neher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Ludwig von Bertalanffy ranks 59. Before him are Lee Strasberg, Walter Hallstein, Luis Monti, Mildred Harris, Paul Lazarsfeld, and Erhard Heiden. After him are Charles Brenton Huggins, Rudolf Slánský, Raimundo Orsi, Princess Sophie of Hohenberg, Vasili Kuznetsov, and Itzhak Stern. Among people deceased in 1972, Ludwig von Bertalanffy ranks 34. Before him are Athenagoras I of Constantinople, Ghassan Kanafani, Georg von Békésy, Emil Maurice, Henri Coandă, and Margaret Rutherford. After him are Jackie Robinson, Antonio Segni, Ferdinand Čatloš, Said bin Taimur, Lale Andersen, and Mahalia Jackson.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ludwig von Bertalanffy ranks 247 out of 1,424. Before him are Otto Rank (1884), Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887), Michael Hainisch (1858), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), Karl Lueger (1844), and Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739). After him are Othenio Abel (1875), Clemens Krauss (1893), Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1892), Walter Nowotny (1920), August Kubizek (1888), and Franz Xaver Gruber (1787).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Ludwig von Bertalanffy ranks 4. Before him are Konrad Lorenz (1903), Karl Landsteiner (1868), and Karl von Frisch (1886). After him are Othenio Abel (1875), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Joy Adamson (1910), Franz Unger (1800), and Josef August Schultes (1773).

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