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Augustin Saint-Hilaire

1779 - 1853

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Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire (4 October 1779 – 3 September 1853) was a French botanist and traveller who was born and died in Orléans, France. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and the double point of attachment of certain ovules. He also described two families, the Paronychiae and the Tamariscinae, as well as many genera and species. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Augustin Saint-Hilaire is the 579th most popular biologist (down from 552nd in 2019), the 3,557th most popular biography from France (up from 3,810th in 2019) and the 81st most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 579 out of 1,097. Before him are Kristine Bonnevie, Georg von Langsdorff, August W. Eichler, Charles Antoine Lemaire, John Gilbert Baker, and Rudolf Schlechter. After him are Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Johann Jakob Kaup, Frederick DuCane Godman, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Philip Henry Gosse, and Mary Agnes Chase.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 23. Before him are Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Infanta María Amalia of Spain, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, and Jean Coralli. After him are Adam Müller, Francis Scott Key, Johann Schweigger, Louis de Freycinet, Ali-Morad Khan Zand, and Filippo Paulucci. Among people deceased in 1853, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 39. Before him are Abigail Fillmore, Josef Ludwig von Armansperg, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Pierre-François-Léonard Fontaine, Joaquin Murrieta, and Louis Visconti. After him are Auguste Laurent, Maria Quitéria, Juan Álvarez Mendizábal, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, William Beaumont, and Cesare Balbo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 3,557 out of 6,770. Before him are Alexandre Falguière (1831), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), Joseph Bienaimé Caventou (1795), Auguste Franchomme (1808), Dany Robin (1927), and Johannes de Muris (1290). After him are Isaac de Benserade (1613), René Barjavel (1911), Barthélemy Louis Joseph Schérer (1747), Luigi Pelloux (1839), Geoffrey III, Count of Anjou (1040), and Beatrice of England (1242).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Augustin Saint-Hilaire ranks 81. Before him are Joseph Paul Gaimard (1793), Marie Jules César Savigny (1777), Frédéric de Lafresnaye (1783), René Maire (1878), Henri Cassini (1781), and Charles Antoine Lemaire (1800). After him are Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839), Jean Baptiste Boisduval (1799), Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810), Antoine Risso (1777), Edmond de Sélys Longchamps (1813), and Jules Émile Planchon (1823).

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