BIOLOGIST
Richard Goldschmidt
1878 - 1958
Richard Goldschmidt
Richard Benedict Goldschmidt (April 12, 1878 – April 24, 1958) was a German geneticist. He is considered the first to attempt to integrate genetics, development, and evolution. He pioneered understanding of reaction norms, genetic assimilation, dynamical genetics, sex determination, and heterochrony. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Goldschmidt has received more than 99,179 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Goldschmidt is the 610th most popular biologist, the 4,120th most popular biography from Germany and the 136th most popular German Biologist.
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99k
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49.88
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5.96
Effective Languages (L*)
1.70
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 610 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Lydekker, Philip Henry Gosse, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, Fritz Schaudinn, Martin Rathke, and James Francis Stephens. After him are George Clifford III, Alfred Sturtevant, Ray Lankester, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper, Rolf Singer, and Georg Dionysius Ehret.
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Richard Goldschmidt
1878 - 1958
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 1878, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 156. Before him are Edith Hannam, Jean Becquerel, Leonhard Kaupisch, Rudolf Walden, Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Giuseppe Adami. After him are Holcombe Ward, Charles Dvorak, Carl Sternheim, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Viktor Nogin, and Pat McDonald. Among people deceased in 1958, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 115. Before him are Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini, Carl Westergren, Jens Ferdinand Willumsen, J. G. Strijdom, and Erwin Bauer. After him are Henryk Arctowski, Jesse L. Lasky, Big Bill Broonzy, Willie Applegarth, Bhagwan Das, and Feodor Gladkov.
Others Born in 1878
Go to all RankingsEdith Hannam
TENNIS PLAYER
1878 - 1951
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 150
Jean Becquerel
PHYSICIST
1878 - 1953
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 151
Leonhard Kaupisch
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1878 - 1945
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 152
Rudolf Walden
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1946
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 153
Princess Maria di Grazia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
NOBLEMAN
1878 - 1973
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 154
Giuseppe Adami
WRITER
1878 - 1946
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 155
Richard Goldschmidt
BIOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 156
Holcombe Ward
TENNIS PLAYER
1878 - 1967
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 157
Charles Dvorak
ATHLETE
1878 - 1969
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 158
Carl Sternheim
WRITER
1878 - 1942
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 159
Fidel Dávila Arrondo
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1878 - 1962
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 160
Viktor Nogin
POLITICIAN
1878 - 1924
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 161
Pat McDonald
ATHLETE
1878 - 1954
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 162
Others Deceased in 1958
Go to all RankingsYahya Kemal Beyatlı
WRITER
1884 - 1958
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 109
Celso Benigno Luigi Costantini
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1876 - 1958
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 110
Carl Westergren
WRESTLER
1895 - 1958
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 111
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
PAINTER
1864 - 1958
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 112
J. G. Strijdom
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1958
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 113
Erwin Bauer
RACING DRIVER
1912 - 1958
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 114
Richard Goldschmidt
BIOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 115
Henryk Arctowski
GEOLOGIST
1871 - 1958
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 116
Jesse L. Lasky
PRODUCER
1880 - 1958
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 117
Big Bill Broonzy
MUSICIAN
1903 - 1958
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 118
Willie Applegarth
ATHLETE
1890 - 1958
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 119
Bhagwan Das
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1958
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 120
Feodor Gladkov
WRITER
1883 - 1958
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 121
In Germany
Among people born in Germany, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 4,120 out of 7,253. Before him are Loki Schmidt (1919), Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1661), Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau (1824), Carl Remigius Fresenius (1818), Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (1682), and Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar (1786). After him are Wilhelm Heye (1869), Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen (1696), Wolfgang Becker (1954), Erich Ollenhauer (1901), Rudolf Wolters (1903), and Helmuth Rilling (1933).
Others born in Germany
Go to all RankingsLoki Schmidt
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2010
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 4,114
Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach
NOBLEMAN
1661 - 1708
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,115
Princess Agnes of Anhalt-Dessau
COMPANION
1824 - 1897
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,116
Carl Remigius Fresenius
CHEMIST
1818 - 1897
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,117
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1682 - 1719
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,118
Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar
PHYSICIAN
1786 - 1845
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,119
Richard Goldschmidt
BIOLOGIST
1878 - 1958
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 4,120
Wilhelm Heye
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1869 - 1947
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,121
Eleonore Wilhelmine of Anhalt-Köthen
NOBLEMAN
1696 - 1726
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 4,122
Wolfgang Becker
FILM DIRECTOR
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,123
Erich Ollenhauer
POLITICIAN
1901 - 1963
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 4,124
Rudolf Wolters
ARCHITECT
1903 - 1983
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 4,125
Helmuth Rilling
MUSICIAN
1933 - Present
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 4,126
Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany
Among biologists born in Germany, Richard Goldschmidt ranks 136. Before him are Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), Erwin Stresemann (1889), Carl Chun (1852), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), and Ludwig Diels (1874). After him are Rolf Singer (1906), Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708), Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852), Magnus Manske (1974), Adam Lonicer (1528), and Karl Hugo Strunz (1910).
Johann Gottfried Zinn
1727 - 1759
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 130
Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten
1817 - 1908
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 131
Erwin Stresemann
1889 - 1972
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 132
Carl Chun
1852 - 1914
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 133
Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
1798 - 1868
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 134
Ludwig Diels
1874 - 1945
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 135
Richard Goldschmidt
1878 - 1958
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 136
Rolf Singer
1906 - 1994
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 137
Georg Dionysius Ehret
1708 - 1770
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 138
Max Carl Wilhelm Weber
1852 - 1937
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 139
Magnus Manske
1974 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 140
Adam Lonicer
1528 - 1586
HPI: 49.61
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Karl Hugo Strunz
1910 - 2006
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 142