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Achille Valenciennes

1794 - 1865

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Achille Valenciennes (9 August 1794 – 13 April 1865) was a French zoologist. Valenciennes was born in Paris, and studied under Georges Cuvier. His study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology. He also carried out diverse systematic classifications, linking fossil and current species. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Achille Valenciennes is the 410th most popular biologist (up from 505th in 2019), the 2,712th most popular biography from France (up from 3,595th in 2019) and the 50th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Achille Valenciennes ranks 410 out of 1,097. Before him are Lev Berg, Heinrich Anton de Bary, June Almeida, Georg August Goldfuss, Auguste Chevalier, and Philibert Commerson. After him are Pierre Magnol, Eugène Simon, Arthur Tansley, John Needham, Alexander Braun, and Heinrich Boie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1794, Achille Valenciennes ranks 26. Before him are Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Aimable Pélissier, Pyotr Chaadayev, Friedrich Christian Diez, and Carl Borivoj Presl. After him are Heinrich Boie, Jean Pierre Flourens, Leopold IV, Duke of Anhalt, Robert Liston, Friedrich Wilhelm Rembert von Berg, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen. Among people deceased in 1865, Achille Valenciennes ranks 42. Before him are Sebastián Iradier, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, Sengge Rinchen, Andrés de Santa Cruz, Evangelos Zappas, and Rafael Carrera. After him are Joseph Paxton, Robert Remak, Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst, Isabella Beeton, Adolph Kolping, and Friedrich August Stüler.

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In France

Among people born in France, Achille Valenciennes ranks 2,712 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Clastres (1934), Laurent de La Hyre (1606), Pierre Woodman (1963), Philibert Commerson (1727), Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955), and Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951). After him are Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Theobald III, Count of Blois (1019), Jean-François Regnard (1655), André Thevet (1516), Lupus of Troyes (395), and Claude Cahun (1894).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Achille Valenciennes ranks 50. Before him are Charles Plumier (1646), Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (1801), Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), Auguste Chevalier (1873), and Philibert Commerson (1727). After him are Pierre Magnol (1638), Eugène Simon (1848), Paul Gervais (1816), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), and Henri Ernest Baillon (1827).

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