BIOLOGIST

Valerius Cordus

1515 - 1544

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Valerius Cordus (18 February 1515 – 25 September 1544) was a German physician, botanist and pharmacologist who authored the first pharmacopoeia North of the Alps and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. He is also widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether (which he called by the Latin name oleum dulci vitrioli, or "sweet oil of vitriol"). Cordus wrote prolifically, and identified and described several new plant species and varieties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valerius Cordus has received more than 78,202 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Valerius Cordus is the 347th most popular biologist (down from 272nd in 2019), the 2,679th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,280th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Valerius Cordus ranks 347 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Ludwig Blume, Georg Franz Hoffmann, Abraham Trembley, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, François-Alphonse Forel, and Andrew Fire. After him are Ivan Regen, Anders Sparrman, Carlo Allioni, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Fritz Müller, and Christian Ludwig Brehm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1515, Valerius Cordus ranks 20. Before him are Mikołaj "the Black" Radziwiłł, Frederick III, Elector Palatine, Johann Weyer, Christoph, Duke of Württemberg, Hōjō Ujiyasu, and Margaret Douglas. After him are Francisco de Toledo, Duarte, Duke of Guimarães, Philip I, Duke of Pomerania, Giorgio Biandrata, Juan Bautista de Toledo, and Sibylle of Saxony. Among people deceased in 1544, Valerius Cordus ranks 9. Before him are Manco Inca Yupanqui, Clément Marot, Antoine, Duke of Lorraine, Johannes Magnus, Ruy López de Villalobos, and Pedro Damiano. After him are Louis V, Elector Palatine, Antonio de Guevara, Bonaventure des Périers, Teofilo Folengo, Nilakantha Somayaji, and Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Valerius Cordus ranks 2,679 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinz G. Konsalik (1921), Christian Fürchtegott Gellert (1715), Karl-Josef Rauber (1934), Pam Ferris (1948), Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg (1664), and George Dzundza (1945). After him are Friedrich Merz (1955), Artur Fischer (1919), Ferdinand David (1810), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), Johann Peter Frank (1745), and Louis II, Landgrave of Thuringia (1128).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Valerius Cordus ranks 62. Before him are Hermann Burmeister (1807), Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Georg Franz Hoffmann (1760), and Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811). After him are Fritz Müller (1822), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Rudolf Jakob Camerarius (1665), Karl Koch (1809), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), and Eugen Fischer (1874).

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