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Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier

1797 - 1878

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Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (French: [baʁtelemi ʃaʁl ʒozɛf dymɔʁtje]; 3 April 1797 – 9 July 1878) was a Belgian who conducted a parallel career of botanist and Member of Parliament and is the first discoverer of biological cell division. Over the course of his life, Dumortier named over 688 different taxa, many of which are still in use today. A statue depicting him can be found in Tournai, Belgium, the city where he spent much of his life. The statue was constructed in 1883, by sculptor Charles Fraikin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier is the 261st most popular biologist (up from 273rd in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Belgium (up from 274th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 261 out of 1,097. Before him are Henri Milne-Edwards, Charles Bell, Frédéric Cuvier, Eva Ekeblad, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, and Pierre Belon. After him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, David Goodall, Carl Sigismund Kunth, Friedrich Parrot, Erik Pontoppidan, and Alexander von Middendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1797, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 34. Before him are Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini, Said bin Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, Sojourner Truth, and Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg. After him are Giuditta Pasta, Adhémar Jean Claude Barré de Saint-Venant, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Kamehameha II, Edward Turner Bennett, and Jean Victoir Audouin. Among people deceased in 1878, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 29. Before him are George Gilbert Scott, Mercedes of Orléans, John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, Mariam Baouardy, Carlo Blasis, and Robert Stirling. After him are Mindon Min, Mohammed bin Thani, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, Karl Gutzkow, Đura Jakšić, and Maurice Joly.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 224 out of 1,190. Before him are Lutgardis (1182), Hubert Pierlot (1883), Juan de Flandes (1450), Théophile de Donder (1872), Robert Cailliau (1947), and Pierre Deligne (1944). After him are Adeliza of Louvain (1103), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), Frans Masereel (1889), Bernard van Orley (1487), and Jozef De Kesel (1947).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Belgium

Among biologists born in Belgium, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier ranks 4. Before him are Jules Bordet (1870), Albert Claude (1899), and Henri Milne-Edwards (1800). After him are George Albert Boulenger (1858), Edouard Van Beneden (1846), Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman (1866), Marie-Anne Libert (1782), and Peter Piot (1949).

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