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Aimé Bonpland

1773 - 1858

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Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (French: [ɛme bɔ̃plɑ̃]; 22 August 1773 – 11 May 1858) was a French explorer and botanist who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in Latin America from 1799 to 1804. He co-authored volumes of the scientific results of their expedition. The standard author abbreviation Bonpl. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aimé Bonpland is the 143rd most popular biologist (down from 113th in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from France (up from 1,064th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Biologist.

Aimé Bonpland is most famous for being a botanist and explorer who traveled with Alexander von Humboldt in South America.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Aimé Bonpland ranks 143 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Oliver Smithies, Martin Evans, Gerald Edelman, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, and Edward B. Lewis. After him are Daniel Nathans, Charles Scott Sherrington, E. O. Wilson, Gabriele Falloppio, Ibn al-Baitar, and Johan Christian Fabricius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Aimé Bonpland ranks 11. Before him are William Henry Harrison, Friedrich Mohs, Ludwig Tieck, Louis I of Etruria, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia. After him are Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Thérésa Tallien, James Mill, Amschel Mayer Rothschild, Henri Gatien Bertrand, and Frédéric Cuvier. Among people deceased in 1858, Aimé Bonpland ranks 13. Before him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, and Anton Diabelli. After him are Dred Scott, Joseph Karl Stieler, Ary Scheffer, Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Nimatullah Kassab, and Princess Margaretha of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Aimé Bonpland ranks 1,030 out of 6,770. Before him are Étienne Cabet (1788), Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438), Theudebert II (585), Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1486), Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans (1753), and René Just Haüy (1743). After him are Thomas Couture (1815), Flora Tristan (1803), Laura de Noves (1310), François l'Olonnais (1635), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), and Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Aimé Bonpland ranks 21. Before him are René Lesson (1794), Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772), Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), and Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656). After him are Félix d'Herelle (1873), Bernard Germain de Lacépède (1756), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Armand David (1826), and Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968).

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