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Wilhem de Haan

1801 - 1855

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Wilhem de Haan (7 February 1801 in Amsterdam – 15 April 1855 in Leiden) was a Dutch zoologist. He specialised in the study of insects and crustaceans, and was the first keeper of invertebrates at the Rijksmuseum in Leiden, now Naturalis. He was forced to retire in 1846, when he was partially paralysed by a spinal disease. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhem de Haan has received more than 23,086 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhem de Haan is the 892nd most popular biologist (down from 727th in 2019), the 859th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 669th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Wilhem de Haan ranks 892 out of 841Before him are William Kirby, John Kunkel Small, Peter Watts, Akhtar Hameed Khan, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, and Samuel Garman. After him are Leonhard Stejneger, Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw, Pieter Willem Korthals, John Claudius Loudon, David Lack, and Severn Cullis-Suzuki.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Wilhem de Haan ranks 74Before him are Ludwig Bechstein, Maria Röhl, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Georgios Koletis, Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, and Jules Pierre Rambur. After him are Robert J. Walker and Athanasios Vouros. Among people deceased in 1855, Wilhem de Haan ranks 42Before him are Henry Bishop, Mihály Pollack, Fruto Chamorro, Timofey Granovsky, William John Swainson, and Henry De la Beche. After him are John Canfield Spencer and Thomas Mitchell.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Wilhem de Haan ranks 859 out of 1,427Before him are Ricardo Moniz (1964), Thérèse Steinmetz (1933), Bertha Brouwer (1930), Jos Luhukay (1963), Rita Verdonk (1955), and Inge de Bruijn (1973). After him are Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (1978), John van Loen (1965), Tom Dumoulin (1990), Ada Kok (1947), Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (1918), and Pieter Willem Korthals (1807).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Wilhem de Haan ranks 17Before him are George Clifford III (1685), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Johannes Burman (1707), Volcher Coiter (1534), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), and C. B. van Niel (1897). After him are Pieter Willem Korthals (1807) and Wim Crusio (1954).