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Abraham Trembley

1710 - 1784

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Abraham Trembley (3 September 1710 – 12 May 1784 Geneva) was a Genevan naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology. His mastery of experimental method has led some historians of science to credit him as the "father of biology". He also wrote on religion and morals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abraham Trembley is the 429th most popular biologist (down from 343rd in 2019), the 271st most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 258th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Abraham Trembley ranks 429 out of 1,097. Before him are Göran Wahlenberg, Blasius Merrem, Pieter Bleeker, Asa Gray, Karl Eichwald, and Andrew Smith. After him are Ivan Martinov, Paul Gervais, Wilhelm Roux, Roderick Murchison, Juan Ignacio Molina, and Arthur Cronquist.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1710, Abraham Trembley ranks 16. Before him are Mohammed ben Abdallah, Thomas Arne, Carl Alexander Clerck, Thomas Simpson, William Cullen, and James Ferguson. After him are Johann II Bernoulli, Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, Paolo Renier, Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz, Princess Luise Dorothea of Saxe-Meiningen, and Adam Gottlob Moltke. Among people deceased in 1784, Abraham Trembley ranks 13. Before him are Junípero Serra, Torbern Bergman, Otto Friedrich Müller, César-François Cassini de Thury, Anders Johan Lexell, and Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia. After him are Jean-François Séguier, Allan Ramsay, and Caesar Rodney.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Abraham Trembley ranks 271 out of 1,015. Before him are Andy Hug (1964), Jacques-Laurent Agasse (1767), Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Daniel Peter (1836), Doris Leuthard (1963), and Hugo Koblet (1925). After him are Isaac Casaubon (1559), Leopold Kielholz (1911), Alexandre Calame (1810), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), and Gustave Moynier (1826).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Abraham Trembley ranks 16. Before him are Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), and Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884). After him are Oswald Heer (1809), Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), and Alfred Newton (1829).

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