1782 - 1820
Nicolaus Michael Oppel (December 7, 1782 in Schönficht – February 16, 1820 in Munich) was a German naturalist. He was a student of, and worked as an assistant to, André Marie Constant Duméril (1774-1860) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris, France, cataloging and classifying species of reptiles. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolaus Michael Oppel has received more than 36,114 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Nicolaus Michael Oppel is the 681st most popular biologist (down from 609th in 2019), the 4,115th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,547th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Nicolaus Michael Oppel ranks 681 out of 841. Before him are Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Ernst Hartert, Émile Oustalet, Otto Stapf, Charles Alexandre Lesueur, and Alexander Agassiz. After him are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Jacques Miller, Jan Frederik Gronovius, John Richardson, Antoine Risso, and Carl Chun.
1858 - 1934
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 675
1859 - 1933
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 676
1844 - 1905
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 677
1857 - 1933
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 678
1778 - 1846
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 679
1835 - 1910
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 680
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 681
1829 - 1927
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 682
1931 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 683
1686 - 1762
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 684
1787 - 1865
HPI: 46.65
Rank: 685
1777 - 1845
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 686
1852 - 1914
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 687
Among people born in 1782, Nicolaus Michael Oppel ranks 40. Before him are Georgios Kountouriotis, Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Georg August Goldfuss, Daniel Webster, Steen Steensen Blicher, and Marie-Anne Libert. After him are Lewis Cass, Charles James Napier, and Thomas Hart Benton. Among people deceased in 1820, Nicolaus Michael Oppel ranks 34. Before him are Antonín Vranický, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Gerhard von Kügelgen, Karl Ludwig Sand, Ivan Gudovich, and Alexis Thérèse Petit. After him are Palisot de Beauvois, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Blagden, Stephen Decatur, William Wyatt Bibb, and Levi Lincoln Sr..
1782 - 1858
HPI: 48.84
Rank: 34
1782 - 1843
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 35
1782 - 1848
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 36
1782 - 1852
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 37
1782 - 1848
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 38
1782 - 1865
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 39
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 40
1782 - 1866
HPI: 43.81
Rank: 41
1782 - 1853
HPI: 39.83
Rank: 42
1782 - 1858
HPI: 36.56
Rank: 43
1761 - 1820
HPI: 51.25
Rank: 28
1748 - 1820
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 29
1772 - 1820
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 30
1795 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 31
1741 - 1820
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 32
1791 - 1820
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 33
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 34
1752 - 1820
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 35
1764 - 1820
HPI: 44.61
Rank: 36
1748 - 1820
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 37
1779 - 1820
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 38
1781 - 1820
HPI: 39.53
Rank: 39
1749 - 1820
HPI: 39.33
Rank: 40
Among people born in Germany, Nicolaus Michael Oppel ranks 4,115 out of 6,142. Before him are Peter Altmaier (1958), Bernd Förster (1956), Ulf Timmermann (1962), Ludwig Bechstein (1801), Friedrich Chrysander (1826), and Rainer Zobel (1948). After him are Arthur Rudolph (1906), Udo Beyer (1955), Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Albrecht Unsöld (1905), and Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680).
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 4,109
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,110
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 4,111
1801 - 1860
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 4,112
1826 - 1901
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 4,113
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,114
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,115
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 4,116
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,117
1829 - 1927
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,118
1892 - 1986
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 4,119
1905 - 1995
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,120
1680 - 1747
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 4,121
Among biologists born in Germany, Nicolaus Michael Oppel ranks 133. Before him are Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal (1794), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708), Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823), and Ernst Hartert (1859). After him are Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829), Carl Chun (1852), Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769), Friedrich Boie (1789), Anton Reichenow (1847), and Wilhelm Hofmeister (1824).
1794 - 1866
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 127
1798 - 1868
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 128
1899 - 1994
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 129
1708 - 1770
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 130
1823 - 1886
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 131
1859 - 1933
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 132
1782 - 1820
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 133
1829 - 1927
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 134
1852 - 1914
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 135
1769 - 1831
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 136
1789 - 1870
HPI: 46.37
Rank: 137
1847 - 1941
HPI: 46.12
Rank: 138
1824 - 1877
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 139