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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

1748 - 1836

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Antoine Laurent de Jussieu (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃twan loʁɑ̃ də ʒysjø]; 12 April 1748 – 17 September 1836) was a French botanist, notable as the first to publish a natural classification of flowering plants; much of his system remains in use today. His classification was based on an extended unpublished work by his uncle, the botanist Bernard de Jussieu. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antoine Laurent de Jussieu is the 72nd most popular biologist (down from 39th in 2019), the 648th most popular biography from France (down from 578th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Biologist.

Antoine Laurent de Jussieu is most famous for his work in botany. He was the first to divide plants into four major groups, which are still used today.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 72 out of 1,097. Before him are Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Hugo Theorell, Dian Fossey, George Shaw, Adelbert von Chamisso, and Günter Blobel. After him are Elizabeth Blackburn, Georg Forster, Alexander Oparin, Michael Houghton, Max Theiler, and Richard Owen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1748, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 10. Before him are Charles IV of Spain, Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Olympe de Gouges, Claude Louis Berthollet, and Adam Weishaupt. After him are William V, Prince of Orange, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Adamantios Korais, Anders Sparrman, Christian Gottlob Neefe, and Timur Shah Durrani. Among people deceased in 1836, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 7. Before him are André-Marie Ampère, Charles X of France, Letizia Ramolino, James Madison, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, and Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, William Godwin, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Anthony of Saxony, and Maria Malibran.

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In France

Among people born in France, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 648 out of 6,770. Before him are Camille Flammarion (1842), Jacques MacDonald (1765), Gaston, Duke of Orléans (1608), Sophie Marceau (1966), Aristide Maillol (1861), and Madeleine of Valois (1520). After him are Madame de La Fayette (1634), Anaïs Nin (1903), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Roger Garaudy (1913), Rashi (1040), and Pierre Richard (1934).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu ranks 14. Before him are Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), François Jacob (1920), Roger Guillemin (1924), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), Jean Dausset (1916), and Adelbert von Chamisso (1781). After 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).

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