1750 - 1833
René Louiche Desfontaines (14 February 1750 – 16 November 1833) was a French botanist. Desfontaines was born near Tremblay in Brittany. He attended the Collège de Rennes and in 1773 went to Paris to study medicine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Louiche Desfontaines has received more than 29,053 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). René Louiche Desfontaines is the 290th most popular biologist (down from 254th in 2019), the 2,498th most popular biography from France (down from 2,214th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Biologist.
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Among biologists, René Louiche Desfontaines ranks 290 out of 841. Before him are Vladimir Demikhov, Pierre Edmond Boissier, Wilhelm Peters, Nikolai Severtzov, John Hughlings Jackson, and Othenio Abel. After him are Josif Pančić, Carol W. Greider, John Gould, Joel Asaph Allen, Jack W. Szostak, and Phillip Allen Sharp.
1916 - 1998
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 284
1810 - 1885
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 285
1815 - 1883
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 286
1827 - 1885
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 287
1835 - 1911
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 288
1875 - 1946
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 289
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 290
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 291
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 292
1804 - 1881
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 293
1838 - 1921
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 294
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 295
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 296
Among people born in 1750, René Louiche Desfontaines ranks 21. Before him are Ami Argand, Adam Afzelius, Princess Louise of Denmark, Henri Grégoire, Lorenzo Mascheroni, and Jacques-François Menou. After him are Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Fabre d'Églantine, Bathilde d'Orléans, Sylvain Maréchal, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, and Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland. Among people deceased in 1833, René Louiche Desfontaines ranks 23. Before him are Edmund Kean, Adamantios Korais, Ferdinand Hérold, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Antoni Radziwiłł, and Rahel Varnhagen. After him are Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Banastre Tarleton, Nannette Streicher, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Fausto Elhuyar, and Ivan Martinov.
1750 - 1803
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 15
1750 - 1837
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 16
1750 - 1831
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 17
1750 - 1831
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 18
1750 - 1800
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 19
1750 - 1810
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 20
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 21
1750 - 1801
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 22
1750 - 1794
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 23
1750 - 1822
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 24
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 25
1750 - 1840
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 26
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 27
1787 - 1833
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 17
1748 - 1833
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 18
1791 - 1833
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 19
1771 - 1833
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 20
1775 - 1833
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 21
1771 - 1833
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 22
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 23
1766 - 1833
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 24
1754 - 1833
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 25
1769 - 1833
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 26
1781 - 1833
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 27
1755 - 1833
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 28
1771 - 1833
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 29
Among people born in France, René Louiche Desfontaines ranks 2,498 out of 6,011. Before him are Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie (1718), Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve (1756), Claude Rich (1929), Jacques Pills (1906), Jean Raspail (1925), and Jean Fernel (1497). After him are François-André Vincent (1746), Paschasius Radbertus (792), Michel Gondry (1963), Chilperic II of Burgundy (450), Pierre Leroux (1797), and Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu (1750).
1718 - 1804
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 2,492
1756 - 1794
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,493
1929 - 2017
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,494
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 2,495
1925 - 2020
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,496
1497 - 1558
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,497
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 2,498
1746 - 1816
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,499
792 - 865
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,500
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,501
450 - 491
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,502
1797 - 1871
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,503
1750 - 1801
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 2,504
Among biologists born in France, René Louiche Desfontaines ranks 38. Before him are Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Johann Hermann (1738), René Lesson (1794), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Alain Bombard (1924), and Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801). After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Charles Plumier (1646), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), Philibert Commerson (1727), Charles Chamberland (1851), and Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723).
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 32
1738 - 1800
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 33
1794 - 1849
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 34
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 35
1924 - 2005
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 36
1801 - 1876
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 37
1750 - 1833
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 38
1763 - 1794
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 39
1646 - 1704
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 40
1507 - 1566
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 41
1727 - 1773
HPI: 53.10
Rank: 42
1851 - 1908
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 43
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 44