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Antonio José Cavanilles

1745 - 1804

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Antonio José Cavanilles (16 January 1745 – 5 May 1804) was a leading Spanish taxonomic botanist, artist and one of the most important figures in the 18th century period of Enlightenment in Spain. Cavanilles is most famous for his 2-volume book on Spanish flora, published in 1795 and titled ‘Observations on the Natural History, Geography and Agriculture of the Kingdom of Valencia’.He named many plants, particularly from Oceania. He named at least 100 genera, about 54 of which were still used in 2004, including Dahlia, Calycera, Cobaea, Galphimia, and Oleandra. The standard author abbreviation Cav. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Antonio José Cavanilles is the 348th most popular biologist (up from 381st in 2019), the 720th most popular biography from Spain (up from 927th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 348 out of 1,097. Before him are Josif Pančić, Nehemiah Grew, Wilhelm Peters, Christen C. Raunkiær, Carl Alexander Clerck, and Friedrich Boie. After him are Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, David Julius, Craig Mello, Moritz Wagner, and Craig Venter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 29. Before him are Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, Caspar Wessel, Johann Anton Güldenstädt, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are Bodawpaya, Johann Peter Frank, Maxim Berezovsky, Franciszek Smuglewicz, Inō Tadataka, and Olaudah Equiano. Among people deceased in 1804, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 20. Before him are Princess Carolina of Parma, Antoine Baumé, Martin Vahl, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Johann Adam Hiller, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are 8th Dalai Lama, Carlo Allioni, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Georges Cadoudal, Paul Kray, and Philippe LeBon.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 720 out of 3,355. Before him are Francisco de Toledo (1515), Lina Romay (1954), Joan Manuel Serrat (1943), Pedro Arias Dávila (1443), Didacus of Alcalá (1400), and Lucius Cornelius Balbus (-100). After him are Eleanor de Guzmán (1310), Ismail I of Granada (1279), Juan de Zumárraga (1468), Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga (1528), Gaius Laelius (-300), and La Belle Otero (1868).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Spain

Among biologists born in Spain, Antonio José Cavanilles ranks 3. Before him are Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852), and Ibn al-Baitar (1197). After him are Francisco Manuel Blanco (1778), Francisco J. Ayala (1934), José Antonio Pavón Jiménez (1754), Francisco Hernández de Toledo (1515), Hipólito Ruiz López (1754), Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati (1166), and Ángel Cabrera (1879).

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