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Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck

1776 - 1858

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Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. He described approximately 7,000 plant species (almost as many as Linnaeus himself). His last official act as president of the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina was to admit Charles Darwin as a member. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck is the 326th most popular biologist (up from 402nd in 2019), the 2,178th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,025th in 2019) and the 58th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ranks 326 out of 1,097. Before him are Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, Willi Hennig, Andrew Fire, Erik Acharius, and David Baltimore. After him are Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, and Patrick Geddes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1776, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ranks 18. Before him are Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Barthold Georg Niebuhr, Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński, Jean-Pierre Boyer, Pehr Henrik Ling, and Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este. After him are Simon Fraser, Vasily Tropinin, Peter Barlow, Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Friedrich Stromeyer, and Jean Lafitte. Among people deceased in 1858, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ranks 29. Before him are Harriet Taylor Mill, Tokugawa Iesada, Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Rachel Félix, Felice Orsini, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha. After him are George Peacock, Henry Darcy, Louis II, Grand Duke of Baden, Valentín Gómez Farías, Charles-Louis Havas, and Sigismund von Neukomm.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ranks 2,179 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Sparwasser (1948), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878), Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1332), William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876), Uziel Gal (1923), and Karl Baedeker (1801). After him are Fritz Witt (1908), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Johann David Heinichen (1683), William, Duke of Brunswick (1806), Adolphus Frederick III, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1686), and Heinrich von Brentano (1904).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck ranks 58. Before him are Hieronymus Bock (1498), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), and Willi Hennig (1913). After him are Hermann Burmeister (1807), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), Valerius Cordus (1515), Wilhelm Peters (1815), Friedrich Boie (1789), and Moritz Wagner (1813).

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