BIOLOGIST

Carl Ludwig Willdenow

1765 - 1812

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Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was also a mentor of Alexander von Humboldt, one of the earliest and best known phytogeographers. He also influenced Christian Konrad Sprengel, who pioneered the study of plant pollination and floral biology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Ludwig Willdenow is the 198th most popular biologist (down from 197th in 2019), the 1,213th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,558th in 2019) and the 24th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 198 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander Georg von Bunge, Carl Linnaeus the Younger, Bruce Beutler, Jack Horner, Walther Flemming, and Michel Adanson. After him are Hermann Schlegel, Joseph Banks, Har Gobind Khorana, César Milstein, Ludwig Reichenbach, and Wilhelm Johannsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1765, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 11. Before him are Pyotr Bagration, Robert Fulton, Jacques MacDonald, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Karl Ludwig Harding, and Charles Felix of Sardinia. After him are Emma, Lady Hamilton, Paolo Ruffini, Michał Kleofas Ogiński, José María Morelos, Frederick Christian II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, and Christiane Vulpius. Among people deceased in 1812, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 7. Before him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pyotr Bagration, Emanuel Schikaneder, Étienne-Louis Malus, George Clinton, and Sacagawea. After him are Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Hieronymus von Colloredo, Spencer Perceval, Isaac Titsingh, and Gunning Bedford Jr..

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 1,213 out of 7,253. Before him are Hannah Höch (1889), Herbert Gille (1897), Gotthard of Hildesheim (960), Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Walther Flemming (1843), and Thomas Abbt (1738). After him are Hermann Schlegel (1804), Heinz Linge (1913), Prince Karl Anton August of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1727), Otto of Bamberg (1060), Karl von Bülow (1846), and Adolf Eugen Fick (1829).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Ludwig Willdenow ranks 24. Before him are Bernard Katz (1911), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Julius Richard Petri (1852), and Walther Flemming (1843). After him are Hermann Schlegel (1804), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), Hans Driesch (1867), Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Bert Sakmann (1942), and Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794).

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