BIOLOGIST

Pierre Magnol

1638 - 1715

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Pierre Magnol (8 June 1638 – 21 May 1715) was a French botanist. He was born in the city of Montpellier, where he lived and worked for most of his life. He became Professor of Botany and Director of the Royal Botanic Garden of Montpellier and held a seat in the Académie Royale des Sciences de Paris for a short while. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Magnol has received more than 81,771 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Pierre Magnol is the 357th most popular biologist (up from 451st in 2019), the 2,816th most popular biography from France (up from 3,342nd in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Pierre Magnol ranks 357 out of 1,097. Before him are Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Fritz Müller, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Katsuko Saruhashi, Louis Claude Richard, and Joel Asaph Allen. After him are Antoine de Jussieu, Achille Richard, William Jackson Hooker, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Rudolf Jakob Camerarius, and Arthur Tansley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1638, Pierre Magnol ranks 16. Before him are Elisabetta Sirani, James Gregory, Christoph Cellarius, Frederik Ruysch, Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg, and Carlo Fontana. After him are John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, Zeb-un-Nissa, Gerrit Berckheyde, Richard Simon, Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve, and Bernhard II, Duke of Saxe-Jena. Among people deceased in 1715, Pierre Magnol ranks 15. Before him are Thomas Savery, Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, Pu Songling, Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, François Girardon, and Mirwais Hotak. After him are Joseph Raphson, Nicolas Lemery, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Nahum Tate.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre Magnol ranks 2,816 out of 6,770. Before him are Auguste Laurent (1807), André Beauneveu (1330), Conon de Béthune (1150), Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro (1944), Claude Gillot (1673), and Théophile de Viau (1590). After him are Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille (1797), Walter Gieseking (1895), John, Duke of Touraine (1398), Charles Pathé (1863), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), and Achille Richard (1794).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Pierre Magnol ranks 45. Before him are Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), Charles Chamberland (1851), Philibert Commerson (1727), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Louis Claude Richard (1754). After him are Antoine de Jussieu (1686), Achille Richard (1794), René Lesson (1794), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), and Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797).

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