BIOLOGIST

Nils Johan Andersson

1821 - 1880

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Nils Johan Andersson (20 February 1821 Gärdserum, Småland, Sweden – 27 March 1880 Stockholm), was a Swedish botanist and traveller. The standard author abbreviation Andersson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. He studied at Uppsala University between 1840-45 obtaining a DSc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nils Johan Andersson has received more than 17,050 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Nils Johan Andersson is the 620th most popular biologist (down from 526th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 526th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Nils Johan Andersson ranks 620 out of 1,097. Before him are Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Rolf Singer, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Emmanuel Drake del Castillo, Karl Rudolphi, and George C. Williams. After him are Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, Imre Frivaldszky, William Henry Hudson, Max Carl Wilhelm Weber, Magnus Manske, and Jean Victoir Audouin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1821, Nils Johan Andersson ranks 75. Before him are Archduke Friedrich of Austria, Jane Wilde, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Michel Carré, Jens Jacob Asmussen Worsaae, and Apollon Maykov. After him are Samuel Baker, Janko Matúška, Marcus Goldman, Alexander Gardner, John Abbott, and Joseph Noel Paton. Among people deceased in 1880, Nils Johan Andersson ranks 46. Before him are Nikolay Zinin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Manuel Montt, Benjamin Peirce, Edmond Albius, and Izmail Sreznevsky. After him are Daniel Bashiel Warner, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Heinrich von Gagern, Karl von Holtei, Cándido Bareiro, and William Hallowes Miller.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Nils Johan Andersson ranks 617 out of 1,879. Before him are Gösta Dunker (1905), Ragnar Gustavsson (1907), Anna Palm de Rosa (1859), Karl Rudolphi (1771), Dan Andersson (1888), and Karl-Erik Palmér (1929). After him are Eivar Widlund (1905), Gustaf Skarsgård (1980), Erik Abrahamsson (1898), Julia Beck (1853), Hjalmar Andersson (1889), and Elisabeth Söderström (1927).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Nils Johan Andersson ranks 26. Before him are Anders Dahl (1751), Charles De Geer (1720), Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856), and Karl Rudolphi (1771). After him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Jacob Bjerknes (1897), Astrid Cleve (1875), Carl Skottsberg (1880), and Johan Andreas Murray (1740).

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