1872 - 1925
Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter (16 October 1872 – 16 November 1925) was a German taxonomist, botanist, and author of several works on orchids. He went on botanical expeditions in Africa, Indonesia, New Guinea, South and Central America and Australia. His vast herbarium was destroyed during the bombing of Berlin in 1945. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Schlechter has received more than 19,055 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Schlechter is the 517th most popular biologist (down from 475th in 2019), the 3,577th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,127th in 2019) and the 106th most popular German Biologist.
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Among biologists, Rudolf Schlechter ranks 517 out of 841. Before him are Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Charles David Keeling, Heinrich Schrader, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, David Starr Jordan, and Johan Ernst Gunnerus. After him are George Albert Boulenger, Emil Racoviță, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Eduard August von Regel, George Robert Waterhouse, and Carl Ludwig Koch.
1817 - 1908
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 511
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 512
1767 - 1836
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 513
1809 - 1889
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 514
1851 - 1931
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 515
1718 - 1773
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 516
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 517
1858 - 1937
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 518
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 519
1847 - 1909
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 520
1815 - 1892
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 521
1810 - 1888
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 522
1778 - 1857
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 523
Among people born in 1872, Rudolf Schlechter ranks 106. Before him are Henry Bataille, Kazimierz Bein, Lorenzo Perosi, Georgios Tsitas, Johan Pitka, and Paul Reinecke. After him are Paul Fort, Jaan Teemant, Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen, Juho Vennola, Iwan Bloch, and Johan Bojer. Among people deceased in 1925, Rudolf Schlechter ranks 101. Before him are Otto Wilhelm Thomé, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Magnus Enckell, Fanny Bullock Workman, Giovanni Battista Grassi, and George Bellows. After him are Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Félix Sesúmaga, Arkady Averchenko, Alfred Perot, Jules Méline, and Richard Teichmann.
1872 - 1922
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 100
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 101
1872 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 102
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 103
1872 - 1944
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 104
1872 - 1958
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 105
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 106
1872 - 1960
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 107
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 108
1872 - 1907
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 109
1872 - 1938
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 110
1872 - 1922
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 111
1872 - 1959
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 112
1840 - 1925
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 95
1855 - 1925
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 96
1870 - 1925
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 97
1859 - 1925
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 98
1854 - 1925
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 99
1882 - 1925
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 100
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 101
1887 - 1925
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 102
1898 - 1925
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 103
1881 - 1925
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 104
1863 - 1925
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 105
1838 - 1925
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 106
1868 - 1925
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 107
Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Schlechter ranks 3,577 out of 6,142. Before him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Heinrich Zimmer (1890), Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Edgar Hilsenrath (1926), Nicolaus von Amsdorf (1483), and Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg (1585). After him are Ernst Lehner (1912), Markus Merk (1962), James Krüss (1926), Felix Brych (1975), Paul Josef Cordes (1934), and Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774).
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,571
1890 - 1943
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 3,572
1686 - 1739
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 3,573
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,574
1483 - 1565
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 3,575
1585 - 1638
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,576
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,577
1912 - 1986
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 3,578
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 3,579
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 3,580
1975 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 3,581
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3,582
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 3,583
Among biologists born in Germany, Rudolf Schlechter ranks 106. Before him are Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809), Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer (1782), Alwin Berger (1871), Hugo von Mohl (1805), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), and Heinrich Schrader (1767). After him are Eduard August von Regel (1815), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), Adam Lonicer (1528), Max Carl Wilhelm Weber (1852), Ludwig Diels (1874), and Jacques Loeb (1859).
1809 - 1870
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 100
1782 - 1854
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 101
1871 - 1931
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 102
1805 - 1872
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 103
1817 - 1908
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 104
1767 - 1836
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 105
1872 - 1925
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 106
1815 - 1892
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 107
1778 - 1857
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 108
1528 - 1586
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 109
1852 - 1937
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 110
1874 - 1945
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 111
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 112