BIOLOGIST

Petter Adolf Karsten

1834 - 1917

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Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology". Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku, studied at the University of Helsinki, and then moved to the inland of Tammela, where he spent most of his life with teaching botany and doing research at the Mustiala Agriculture Institute (now the Faculty of Agriculture of the HAMK University of Applied Sciences). He amassed a vast collection, both by his own efforts and those of his correspondents, and named about 200 new genera and 2,000 new species. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Petter Adolf Karsten has received more than 20,590 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Petter Adolf Karsten is the 645th most popular biologist (down from 475th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Finland (down from 148th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Finnish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Petter Adolf Karsten ranks 645 out of 1,097. Before him are Alphonse Milne-Edwards, William Withering, David Don, Charles David Keeling, Everard Home, and Karl Hugo Strunz. After him are Élie-Abel Carrière, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Josef August Schultes, Władysław Taczanowski, Pier Andrea Saccardo, and John Sims.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Petter Adolf Karsten ranks 68. Before him are Joachim III of Constantinople, Julius Reubke, Lyuben Karavelov, John Wesley Powell, Herman Snellen, and Adrien René Franchet. After him are Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, Edmond Laguerre, Felix Dahn, Friedrich Tietjen, Vilém Blodek, and George du Maurier. Among people deceased in 1917, Petter Adolf Karsten ranks 85. Before him are Aurel Popovici, Kristian Zahrtmann, José Enrique Rodó, James Crafts, Yevgeni Bauer, and James Dwight. After him are Alexei Mateevici, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Oswaldo Cruz, Madge Syers, Frances Xavier Cabrini, and Yi Jun-yong.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Petter Adolf Karsten ranks 233 out of 751. Before him are Maria Wiik (1853), Antti Tulenheimo (1879), Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (1797), Siri von Essen (1850), Heikki Kovalainen (1981), and Oskari Mantere (1874). After him are Harald Öhquist (1891), Harri Rovanperä (1966), Veikko Kankkonen (1940), Timo Tolkki (1966), Rafael Erich (1879), and Mari Kiviniemi (1968).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Finland

Among biologists born in Finland, Petter Adolf Karsten ranks 4. Before him are Peter Forsskål (1732), Alexander von Nordmann (1803), and Christian von Steven (1781). After him are Ilkka Hanski (1953).

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