BIOLOGIST

Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper

1856 - 1901

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Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (12 May 1856 – 9 September 1901) was a German botanist and phytogeographer who made major contributions in the fields of histology, ecology and plant geography. He travelled to South East Asia and the Caribbean as part of the 1899 deep-sea expedition. He coined the terms tropical rainforest and sclerophyll and is commemorated in numerous specific names. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper is the 721st most popular biologist (down from 614th in 2019), the 4,047th most popular biography from France (down from 3,998th in 2019) and the 101st most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 721 out of 1,097. Before him are Alessandra Giliani, Alice Hamilton, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, Paul Bert, Gaetano Savi, and John Anderson. After him are William Henry Hudson, Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz, Johan August Wahlberg, Marie-Anne Libert, Ernst Stromer, and Thomas Say.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 94. Before him are Ernst Brenner, Carl Peters, Matilde Serao, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Władysław Ślewiński, and Aleksander Brückner. After him are Edmund Beecher Wilson, Ernesto Schiaparelli, Helene von Druskowitz, Louis Brandeis, Alberto Palacio, and Paul von Jankó. Among people deceased in 1901, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 70. Before him are Émile Fisseux, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Giulio Bizzozero, Kate Greenaway, and Henry Augustus Rowland. After him are Carlo Alfredo Piatti, Mariano Ignacio Prado, Julius Zeyer, Domenico Morelli, Dimitar Grekov, and Federico Errázuriz Echaurren.

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In France

Among people born in France, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 4,047 out of 6,770. Before him are Raimu (1883), Victor Laloux (1850), Danièle Delorme (1926), François Fournier-Sarlovèze (1773), Louis Aliot (1969), and Alfred Des Cloizeaux (1817). After him are Maurice Farman (1877), Emmanuelle Devos (1964), Jean Grémillon (1902), Daniel-Rops (1901), Zaz (1980), and Daniel Boulanger (1922).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper ranks 101. Before him are Charles Alexandre Lesueur (1778), Jean-Étienne Guettard (1715), Auguste Duméril (1812), Jean de Thévenot (1633), Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759), and Paul Bert (1833). After him are Nicaise Auguste Desvaux (1784), Sabin Berthelot (1794), Élie-Abel Carrière (1818), Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (1855), and Édouard Spach (1801).

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