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Martin Vahl

1749 - 1804

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Martin Henrichsen Vahl (10 October 1749 – 24 December 1804) was a Danish-Norwegian botanist, herbalist and zoologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Vahl has received more than 37,322 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Vahl is the 286th most popular biologist (up from 312th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Norway (up from 135th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Biologist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Martin Vahl ranks 286 out of 1,097. Before him are Salim Ali, Wilhelm Peters, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, David Baltimore, Johann Georg Christian Lehmann, and Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville. After him are Josif Pančić, Hieronymus Bock, Rudolf Weigl, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Johann Hermann, and Carl Hagenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, Martin Vahl ranks 18. Before him are Adélaïde Labille-Guiard, Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, Abraham Gottlob Werner, Vittorio Alfieri, Alexander Radishchev, and Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois. After him are Georg Joseph Vogler, Johann Nikolaus Forkel, Charles James Fox, Christian August Lorentzen, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and John Sims. Among people deceased in 1804, Martin Vahl ranks 20. Before him are Jazzar Pasha, Antoine Baumé, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Johann Adam Hiller, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and 8th Dalai Lama. After him are Georges Cadoudal, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Aagje Deken, Carlo Allioni, Philippe LeBon, and Antonio José Cavanilles.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Martin Vahl ranks 119 out of 1,039. Before him are Haakon II of Norway (1147), Ole Bull (1810), Jørgen Moe (1813), Kåre Willoch (1928), Bjørn Dæhlie (1967), and Rikard Nordraak (1842). After him are Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Peter Nicolai Arbo (1831), Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Dagny Juel (1867), Inge I of Norway (1135), and Arnfinn Bergmann (1928).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Martin Vahl ranks 1. After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus (1718), Henrik Steffens (1773), Harald Sverdrup (1888), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Peter Ascanius (1723), Michael Sars (1805), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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