BIOLOGIST

Richard Wettstein

1863 - 1931

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Richard Wettstein (30 June 1863 in Vienna – 10 August 1931 in Trins) was an Austrian botanist. His taxonomic system, the Wettstein system, was one of the earliest based on phyletic principles. Wettstein studied in Vienna, where he was a disciple of Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1831-1898) and married his daughter Adele. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Wettstein has received more than 24,444 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Wettstein is the 714th most popular biologist, the 853rd most popular biography from Austria and the 15th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Richard Wettstein ranks 714 out of 1,097. Before him are Curt Backeberg, Josephine Kablick, George Newbold Lawrence, Friedrich Reinitzer, François Marie Daudin, and Joseph Leidy. After him are André Thouin, Albert Bernhard Frank, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Johan Andreas Murray, Angela Piskernik, and Franz Xaver Fieber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Richard Wettstein ranks 136. Before him are Periklis Pierrakos-Mavromichalis, János Hadik, Zabel Sibil Asadour, Victor Basch, Axel Thue, and Stanisław Zaremba. After him are Samuel P. Bush, Sylvain Lévi, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Blanche Bingley, W. W. Jacobs, and Hugo Winckler. Among people deceased in 1931, Richard Wettstein ranks 120. Before him are Federico Tinoco Granados, Alma Rubens, Marvin Hart, Kálmán Kandó, Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, and Eugen Schmidt. After him are Emiliano Figueroa, John Isaac Briquet, William Frederick Denning, Konrad Stäheli, Art Acord, and Emilio Aceval.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Richard Wettstein ranks 853 out of 1,424. Before him are Egon Zimmermann (1939), Hans Walzhofer (1906), Heinrich Schiff (1951), Dieter Quester (1939), Joe May (1880), and Willi Forst (1903). After him are Sybil Danning (1952), Ruth Maier (1920), Erich Eliskases (1913), Ernest Gold (1921), Erwin Wurm (1954), and Walter Nausch (1907).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Richard Wettstein ranks 15. Before him are Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Joy Adamson (1910), Franz Unger (1800), Josef August Schultes (1773), Johann Natterer (1787), and Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727). After him are Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), Pál Kitaibel (1757), Joseph Rock (1884), Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878), and Angelika Amon (1967).

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