1723 - 1806
Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher. Brisson was born at Fontenay-le-Comte. The earlier part of his life was spent in the pursuit of natural history; his published works in this field included Le Règne animal (1756) and the highly regarded Ornithologie (1760).As a young man, he was a disciple and assistant of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mathurin Jacques Brisson has received more than 125,363 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Mathurin Jacques Brisson is the 333rd most popular biologist (down from 167th in 2019), the 2,847th most popular biography from France (down from 1,566th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular Biologist.
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Among biologists, Mathurin Jacques Brisson ranks 333 out of 841. Before him are John Needham, John Sulston, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Charles Chamberland, Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius. After him are Eugen Fischer, William Speirs Bruce, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Göran Wahlenberg, and Antonio José Cavanilles.
1713 - 1781
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 327
1942 - 2018
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 328
1775 - 1813
HPI: 52.87
Rank: 329
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 330
1823 - 1889
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 331
1665 - 1721
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 332
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 333
1874 - 1967
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 334
1867 - 1921
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 335
1743 - 1807
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 336
1788 - 1850
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 337
1780 - 1851
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 338
1745 - 1804
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 339
Among people born in 1723, Mathurin Jacques Brisson ranks 20. Before him are Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt, Antoine Louis, Mir Taqi Mir, Princess Mary of Great Britain, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, and John Byron. After him are William Chambers, William Blackstone, Pehr Osbeck, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and William Livingston. Among people deceased in 1806, Mathurin Jacques Brisson ranks 33. Before him are Pavel Tsitsianov, George Stubbs, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Gim Hongdo, Federico Gravina, and Fra Diavolo. After him are Michael von Melas, Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, Karoline von Günderrode, and Henry Knox.
1723 - 1783
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 14
1723 - 1792
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 15
1723 - 1810
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 16
1723 - 1772
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 17
1723 - 1807
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 18
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 19
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 20
1723 - 1796
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 21
1723 - 1780
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 22
1723 - 1805
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 23
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 24
1723 - 1787
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 25
1723 - 1790
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 26
1754 - 1806
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 27
1724 - 1806
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 28
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 29
1745 - 1806
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 30
1756 - 1806
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 31
1771 - 1806
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 32
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 33
1729 - 1806
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 34
1758 - 1806
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 35
1727 - 1806
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 36
1749 - 1806
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 37
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 38
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 39
Among people born in France, Mathurin Jacques Brisson ranks 2,847 out of 6,011. Before him are Francis Garnier (1839), Pierre Woodman (1963), Louis Rosier (1905), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Louis Camille Maillard (1878), and François de Charette (1763). After him are Antoine Pesne (1683), Fud Leclerc (1924), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Émile Ollivier (1825), Bob Sinclar (1969), and Édouard André (1840).
1839 - 1873
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 2,841
1963 - Present
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 2,842
1905 - 1956
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,843
1857 - 1926
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 2,844
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 2,845
1763 - 1796
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 2,846
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 2,847
1683 - 1757
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,848
1924 - 2010
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,849
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,850
1825 - 1913
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,851
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 2,852
1840 - 1911
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 2,853
Among biologists born in France, Mathurin Jacques Brisson ranks 43. Before him are René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Charles Plumier (1646), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Philibert Commerson (1727), and Charles Chamberland (1851). After him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), Lucien Quélet (1832), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Camille Guérin (1872), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), and Matthias de l'Obel (1538).
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 37
1763 - 1794
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 38
1646 - 1704
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 39
1507 - 1566
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 40
1727 - 1773
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 41
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 42
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 43
1756 - 1814
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 44
1832 - 1899
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 45
1686 - 1758
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 46
1872 - 1961
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 47
1805 - 1861
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 48
1538 - 1616
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 49