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Coenraad Jacob Temminck

1778 - 1858

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Coenraad Jacob Temminck (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈkunraː ˈtɕaːkɔp ˈtɛmɪŋk]; 31 March 1778 – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch patrician, zoologist and museum director. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Coenraad Jacob Temminck is the 107th most popular biologist (up from 149th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 172nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Dutch Biologist.

Coenraad Jacob Temminck was a Dutch zoologist who is most famous for his work on the anatomy of birds.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Coenraad Jacob Temminck ranks 107 out of 1,097Before him are Janaki Ammal, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Georges J. F. Köhler, Philip Miller, and Jean-Henri Fabre. After him are Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Stanley B. Prusiner, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim, Svante Pääbo, and Hermann Joseph Muller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1778, Coenraad Jacob Temminck ranks 13Before him are Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Bernardo O'Higgins, and Clemens Brentano. After him are Fernando Sor, Charles Ferdinand, Duke of Berry, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Ugo Foscolo, Honoré V, Prince of Monaco, and Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. Among people deceased in 1858, Coenraad Jacob Temminck ranks 9Before him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Robert Owen, John Snow, Hiroshige, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Johannes Peter Müller. After him are Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, Anton Diabelli, Aimé Bonpland, Dred Scott, and Joseph Karl Stieler.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Coenraad Jacob Temminck ranks 105 out of 1,646Before him are William IV, Prince of Orange (1711), Dick Advocaat (1947), Hendrick Avercamp (1585), Gerard ter Borch (1617), Carel Fabritius (1622), and Gerrit Dou (1613). After him are Pieter Aertsen (1508), Lucas van Leyden (1494), Edsger W. Dijkstra (1930), Harry Mulisch (1927), Norbert of Xanten (1080), and Jacobus Arminius (1560).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Coenraad Jacob Temminck ranks 5Before him are Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Nikolaas Tinbergen (1907), Hugo de Vries (1848), and Herman Boerhaave (1668). After him are Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin (1727), Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), and Wilhem de Haan (1801).