1843 - 1905
Walther Flemming (21 April 1843 – 4 August 1905) was a German biologist and a founder of cytogenetics. He was born in Sachsenberg (now part of Schwerin) as the fifth child and only son of the psychiatrist Carl Friedrich Flemming (1799–1880) and his second wife, Auguste Winter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Flemming has received more than 211,866 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Walther Flemming is the 136th most popular biologist (down from 106th in 2019), the 1,130th most popular biography from Germany (down from 936th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Biologist.
Walther Flemming is most famous for his discovery of the cell nucleus.
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Among biologists, Walther Flemming ranks 136 out of 841. Before him are Aimé Bonpland, Martin Evans, Edward B. Lewis, Carl Woese, Elias Magnus Fries, and James Bond. After him are Macfarlane Burnet, Joshua Lederberg, Hamilton O. Smith, Nettie Stevens, Salvador Luria, and Georg Forster.
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 130
1941 - Present
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 131
1918 - 2004
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 132
1928 - 2012
HPI: 60.17
Rank: 133
1794 - 1878
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 134
1900 - 1989
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 135
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 136
1899 - 1985
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 137
1925 - 2008
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 138
1931 - Present
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 139
1861 - 1912
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 140
1912 - 1991
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 141
1754 - 1794
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 142
Among people born in 1843, Walther Flemming ranks 19. Before him are Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz, Benito Pérez Galdós, and Richard Avenarius. After him are Georg von Hertling, Camillo Sitte, Oscar Montelius, Hermann Schwarz, Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy, and Hans Richter. Among people deceased in 1905, Walther Flemming ranks 15. Before him are Adolph Menzel, Louise Michel, Carl Wernicke, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, and Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza. After him are Albert Edelfelt, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, Alois Riegl, Constantin Meunier, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, and Hudson Taylor.
1843 - 1871
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 13
1843 - 1925
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 14
1843 - 1865
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 15
1843 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 16
1843 - 1920
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 17
1843 - 1896
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 18
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 19
1843 - 1919
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 20
1843 - 1903
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 21
1843 - 1921
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 22
1843 - 1921
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 23
1843 - 1911
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 24
1843 - 1916
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 25
1815 - 1905
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 9
1830 - 1905
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 10
1848 - 1905
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 11
1835 - 1905
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 12
1830 - 1905
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 13
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 14
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 15
1854 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 16
1815 - 1905
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 17
1858 - 1905
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 18
1831 - 1905
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 19
1833 - 1905
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 20
1832 - 1905
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 21
Among people born in Germany, Walther Flemming ranks 1,130 out of 6,142. Before him are Leo von Klenze (1784), Countess Palatine Dorothea Sophie of Neuburg (1670), Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Hrotsvitha (935), Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752), and Nicolaus Bruhns (1665). After him are Hans Reichenbach (1891), Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Emil Erlenmeyer (1825), Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), and Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839).
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,124
1670 - 1748
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,125
1915 - 1988
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 1,126
935 - 1002
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,127
1752 - 1840
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 1,128
1665 - 1697
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 1,129
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,130
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,131
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 1,132
1825 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 1,133
1694 - 1715
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,134
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,135
1839 - 1891
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 1,136
Among biologists born in Germany, Walther Flemming ranks 15. Before him are Peter Simon Pallas (1741), Ernst Mayr (1904), Bernard Katz (1911), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), and Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739). After him are Theodor Escherich (1857), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), Erwin Neher (1944), Bert Sakmann (1942), Hans Driesch (1867), and Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748).
1741 - 1811
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 9
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 10
1911 - 2003
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 11
1852 - 1921
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 12
1709 - 1746
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 13
1739 - 1810
HPI: 60.32
Rank: 14
1843 - 1905
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 15
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 16
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 17
1944 - Present
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 18
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 19
1867 - 1941
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 20
1748 - 1804
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 21