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BIOLOGIST

Michał Boym

1614 - 1659

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Michał Piotr Boym, SJ (Chinese: 卜彌格; pinyin: Bǔ Mígé; c. 1612 – 1659) was a Polish Jesuit missionary to China, scientist and explorer. He was an early Western traveller within the Chinese mainland, and the author of numerous works on Asian fauna, flora and geography. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michał Boym has received more than 72,566 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Michał Boym is the 244th most popular biologist (up from 334th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 326th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Ukrainian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Michał Boym ranks 244 out of 841. Before him are Sergei Winogradsky, Josias Braun-Blanquet, Martin Chalfie, Joy Adamson, Otto Brunfels, and Joseph Dalton Hooker. After him are Félix d'Herelle, Johann Baptist von Spix, George Shaw, Carl Correns, Rupert Sheldrake, and David Julius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, Michał Boym ranks 7. Before him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Franciscus Sylvius, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, John Wilkins, and Henry II, Duke of Guise. After him are Hallgrímur Pétursson, Martino Martini, Henry More, Jahanara Begum, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, and Élisabeth de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1659, Michał Boym ranks 6. Before him are Abel Tasman, Hyojong of Joseon, Kaya Sultan, Frederick III, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp, and Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia. After him are Simon Dach, Anne Eleonore of Hesse-Darmstadt, Frederick V, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Willem Drost, Dara Shukoh, and Giovanni Pesaro.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Michał Boym ranks 279 out of 1,083. Before him are Zbigniew Cybulski (1927), Dmitry Manuilsky (1883), Sergei Winogradsky (1856), Lina Kostenko (1930), Vasyl Sukhomlynsky (1918), and Volodymyr Vynnychenko (1880). After him are Alexius Meinong (1853), Igor Belanov (1960), Yuri Knorozov (1922), Theodosius of Kiev (1029), Paisius Velichkovsky (1722), and Vladimir Borovikovsky (1757).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Ukraine

Among biologists born in Ukraine, Michał Boym ranks 5. Before him are Élie Metchnikoff (1845), Trofim Lysenko (1898), Waldemar Haffkine (1860), and Sergei Winogradsky (1856). After him are Alexander Georg von Bunge (1803), Ludwik Fleck (1896), Ivan Martinov (1771), and Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim (1888).

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