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Carl Sigismund Kunth

1788 - 1850

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Carl Sigismund Kunth (18 June 1788 – 22 March 1850) was a German botanist. He was also known as Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth. He was one of the early systematic botanists who focused on studying the plants of the Americas. Kunth's notable contributions include the publication of Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt Bonpland et Humboldt. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Sigismund Kunth is the 264th most popular biologist (up from 339th in 2019), the 1,773rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,622nd in 2019) and the 40th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 264 out of 1,097. Before him are Eva Ekeblad, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Pierre Belon, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, and David Goodall. After him are Friedrich Parrot, Erik Pontoppidan, Alexander von Middendorff, Carl Gustav Carus, Desmond Morris, and Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1788, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 23. Before him are Johan Christian Dahl, Leopold Gmelin, Mikhail Lazarev, Rama III, Felice Romani, and David d'Angers. After him are Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, Friedrich Rückert, Pierre Joseph Pelletier, Mohammed bin Thani, Carl Reichenbach, and Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1850, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 26. Before him are Germain Henri Hess, Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Vincent Pallotti, Jean-Pierre Boyer, and William Sturgeon. After him are John C. Calhoun, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, William Prout, Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark, and Richard Mentor Johnson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 1,773 out of 7,253. Before him are Ludwig Börne (1786), Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1739), Georg Stumme (1886), Barbara Sukowa (1950), Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1725), and Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1572). After him are Ralph H. Baer (1922), Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888), Wenceslaus I, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1337), Princess Josephine of Baden (1813), Wilhelm Adam (1877), and Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Carl Sigismund Kunth ranks 40. Before him are Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Carl Correns (1864), Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Johann Baptist von Spix (1781), and Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767). After him are Friedrich Parrot (1791), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), Carl Ludwig Blume (1796), Eduard Rüppell (1794), and Lorenz Oken (1779).

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