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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart

1801 - 1876

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Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart (French: [adɔlf teodɔːʁ bʁɔ̃ɲaːʁ]) FRS FRSE FGS (14 January 1801 – 18 February 1876) was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of paleobotany. His major work on plant fossils was his Histoire des végétaux fossiles (1828–37). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart is the 376th most popular biologist (down from 309th in 2019), the 2,548th most popular biography from France (up from 2,614th in 2019) and the 45th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 376 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Otto Kuntze, August Batsch, David Douglas, Georg Joseph Kamel, and Frank Chapman. After him are Nikolai Severtzov, John Maynard Smith, Samuel Frederick Gray, Matt Ridley, Esther Lederberg, and Michał Boym.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 37. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, Karl Baedeker, Johann Nestroy, and Salvadore Cammarano. After him are Richard Parkes Bonington, Carl Jakob Sundevall, Émile Littré, Henri Labrouste, Vincenzo Gioberti, and Armand Trousseau. Among people deceased in 1876, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 30. Before him are Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, Juan Pablo Duarte, Harriet Martineau, Joseph Jenkins Roberts, and Eugène Fromentin. After him are Friedrich Christian Diez, Charlotte Cushman, Karl Eichwald, Giacomo Antonelli, Louise Colet, and Anna Russell.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 2,548 out of 6,770. Before him are Roman Opałka (1931), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Eugène Schueller (1881), Étienne Dolet (1509), Henri Pescarolo (1942), and Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence (1114). After him are Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti (1695), Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps (1803), Bérenger Saunière (1852), Antoine-Louis Barye (1795), Élisabeth Borne (1961), and Georges Claude (1870).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart ranks 45. Before him are Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), Jérôme Lejeune (1926), Pierre Gaspard Chaumette (1763), Antoine Béchamp (1816), Jean René Constant Quoy (1790), and Charles Plumier (1646). After him are Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Philibert Commerson (1727), Achille Valenciennes (1794), and Pierre Magnol (1638).

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