BIOLOGIST

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur

1683 - 1757

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René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (; French: [ʁeomyʁ]; 28 February 1683 – 17 October 1757) was a French entomologist and writer who contributed to many different fields, especially the study of insects. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur has received more than 143,956 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur is the 49th most popular biologist (down from 44th in 2019), the 659th most popular biography from France (down from 625th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Biologist.

René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur is most famous for his work in the field of thermometry. He invented the mercury thermometer and the alcohol thermometer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 49 out of 1,097. Before him are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Christian de Duve, Hans Spemann, Peter Simon Pallas, Richard Owen, and Jan Evangelista Purkyně. After him are Roger Guillemin, Hugo Theorell, Albert Claude, Jean-Henri Fabre, François Jacob, and Sylvia Earle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1683, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 5. Before him are Philip V of Spain, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Caroline of Ansbach, and George II of Great Britain. After him are 6th Dalai Lama, Maria Anna of Austria, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Gottfried Silbermann, Christoph Graupner, and Edward Young. Among people deceased in 1757, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 4. Before him are Domenico Scarlatti, Osman III, and Maria Josepha of Austria. After him are Sophia Dorothea of Hanover, Rosalba Carriera, Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Johann Stamitz, Siraj ud-Daulah, Robert-François Damiens, 7th Dalai Lama, and David Hartley.

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In France

Among people born in France, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 659 out of 6,770. Before him are Pérotin (1160), Marin Marais (1656), Simone Veil (1927), Paul Mauriat (1925), Marie Tussaud (1761), and Frédéric Bastiat (1801). After him are Raoul Dufy (1877), Michel Eugène Chevreul (1786), Aristide Maillol (1861), Hubert de Givenchy (1927), Georges Sorel (1847), and Jean Nouvel (1945).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur ranks 8. Before him are Georges Cuvier (1769), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles Richet (1850), Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (1748), and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947). After him are Roger Guillemin (1924), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), François Jacob (1920), Adelbert von Chamisso (1781), André Michel Lwoff (1902), and Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803).

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