BIOLOGIST

Philibert Commerson

1727 - 1773

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Philibert Commerson (French: [filibɛʁ kɔmɛʁsɔ̃]; 18 November 1727 – 14 March 1773), sometimes spelled Commerçon by contemporaries, was a French naturalist, best known for accompanying Louis Antoine de Bougainville on his voyage of circumnavigation in 1766–1769. The standard author abbreviation Comm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philibert Commerson has received more than 59,440 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Philibert Commerson is the 327th most popular biologist (down from 326th in 2019), the 2,674th most popular biography from France (up from 2,760th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Philibert Commerson ranks 327 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Chamberland, Eugenius Warming, Phillip Allen Sharp, Michał Boym, Armen Takhtajan, and Erich von Tschermak. After him are Auguste Chevalier, Alexander von Nordmann, Leizu, George Ord, Hermann Burmeister, and Motoo Kimura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Philibert Commerson ranks 20. Before him are Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Tommaso Traetta, Pasquale Anfossi, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, and Jean-André Deluc. After him are Horatio Gates, Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, James Wolfe, François-Hubert Drouais, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, and Ivan Shuvalov. Among people deceased in 1773, Philibert Commerson ranks 8. Before him are Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Johann Joachim Quantz, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Luigi Vanvitelli, and Paisius of Hilendar. After him are Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Anton Janša, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Stanisław Konarski, and Alexis Piron.

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In France

Among people born in France, Philibert Commerson ranks 2,674 out of 6,770. Before him are Eustache Deschamps (1346), Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (1674), Jean-Yves Le Drian (1947), Joseph Caillaux (1863), Charles Frédéric Gerhardt (1816), and Emma Calvé (1858). After him are Julie Delpy (1969), Paul Hazard (1878), Henri Gervex (1852), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), and Peter John Olivi (1248).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Philibert Commerson ranks 42. Before him are Félix d'Herelle (1873), Charles Plumier (1646), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), and Charles Chamberland (1851). After him are Auguste Chevalier (1873), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Magnol (1638), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Achille Richard (1794), and René Lesson (1794).

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