BIOLOGIST

Bernard Germain de Lacépède

1756 - 1825

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Bernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (French: [bɛʁnaʁ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ etjɛn də la vil syʁ‿ijɔ̃ də lasepɛd]; 26 December 1756 – 6 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason. He is known for his contribution to the Comte de Buffon's great work, the Histoire Naturelle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Germain de Lacépède is the 155th most popular biologist (up from 173rd in 2019), the 1,123rd most popular biography from France (up from 1,473rd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Bernard Germain de Lacépède ranks 155 out of 1,097. Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Félix d'Herelle, Howard Martin Temin, Joshua Lederberg, Bernard Katz, and Thomas Huckle Weller. After him are Martin Chalfie, Jakob von Uexküll, Susumu Tonegawa, Nettie Stevens, Georg Wilhelm Steller, and Salvador Luria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, Bernard Germain de Lacépède ranks 7. Before him are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Archduke Maximilian Francis of Austria, William Godwin, Maria Theresa of Savoy, and Duke Louis of Württemberg. After him are Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Frederick Francis I, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Aaron Burr, Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne, Louis Henri, Prince of Condé, and Jean-Baptiste Carrier. Among people deceased in 1825, Bernard Germain de Lacépède ranks 14. Before him are Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, Pauline Bonaparte, Henry Fuseli, Jean Paul, Dmitry Bortniansky, and Laskarina Bouboulina. After him are Vivant Denon, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Mikhail Miloradovich, Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Johann Friedrich Pfaff, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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In France

Among people born in France, Bernard Germain de Lacépède ranks 1,123 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Hector Guimard (1867), Francis Lai (1932), Juliette Récamier (1777), Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774), and Raymond of Poitiers (1115). After him are Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Vincent d'Indy (1851), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Charibert II (618), Gaston Maspero (1846), and Sonia Rykiel (1930).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Bernard Germain de Lacépède ranks 23. Before him are Charles Lucien Bonaparte (1803), Pierre André Latreille (1762), Jean-Henri Fabre (1823), Joseph Pitton de Tournefort (1656), Aimé Bonpland (1773), and Félix d'Herelle (1873). After him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737), Armand David (1826), Emmanuelle Charpentier (1968), Michel Adanson (1727), and Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806).

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