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Charles De Geer

1720 - 1778

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Charles De Geer (30 January 1720 – 7 March 1778) was an entomologist, industrialist, civil servant and book collector. He is sometimes referred to as Charles the Entomologist, to distinguish him from other relatives with the same name. Charles De Geer came from a prominent Swedish-Dutch family. Born in Sweden, he spent most of his childhood and youth in the Dutch Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles De Geer is the 594th most popular biologist (down from 496th in 2019), the 531st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 502nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles De Geer ranks 594 out of 1,097. Before him are William Speirs Bruce, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Georg Ossian Sars, Johann Friedrich Meckel, Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau, and Joseph Leidy. After him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Tsuneko Okazaki, John Murray, Francisco J. Ayala, George Clifford III, and Ruth Arnon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Charles De Geer ranks 23. Before him are Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Maximilian Hell, and Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon. After him are Justus Möser, Geneviève Thiroux d'Arconville, and Gilbert White. Among people deceased in 1778, Charles De Geer ranks 15. Before him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thomas Arne, Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, and Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo. After him are Francesca Cuzzoni, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Pedro Antonio de Cevallos, and Thomas Linley the younger.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Charles De Geer ranks 531 out of 1,879. Before him are Sven-Bertil Taube (1934), Martin Dahlin (1968), Fanny Brate (1861), Gösta Lilliehöök (1884), Gunnar Eriksson (1921), and Torgny Lindgren (1938). After him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Erik Lundqvist (1908), Rickard Sandler (1884), Karl Staaff (1860), Anders Jahan Retzius (1742), and Åsa Larsson (1966).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Charles De Geer ranks 23. Before him are Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801), Göran Wahlenberg (1780), Peter Artedi (1705), Pehr Kalm (1716), Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856), and Johan Andreas Murray (1740). After him are Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898), Nils Johan Andersson (1821), Karl Rudolphi (1771), Anders Dahl (1751), Elisabeth Christina von Linné (1743), and Carl Skottsberg (1880).

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