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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque

1783 - 1840

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Constantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃stɑ̃tin samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts]; 22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French early 19th-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe. Rafinesque was an eccentric and erratic genius. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Constantine Samuel Rafinesque is the 364th most popular biologist (up from 572nd in 2019), the 712th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 1,027th in 2019) and the most popular Turkish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ranks 364 out of 1,097. Before him are Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, Friedrich Loeffler, Eugenius Warming, Humberto Maturana, Fritz Müller, and Antoine Béchamp. After him are Pierre Edmond Boissier, Jean René Constant Quoy, Olof Swartz, Joel Asaph Allen, Charles Plumier, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ranks 21. Before him are Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, William Sturgeon, François Magendie, Roustam Raza, Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom, and Prince Wilhelm of Prussia. After him are Augustus, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Georgios Sinas, Julius Klaproth, Charles-Louis Havas, Charles Julien Brianchon, and Cheung Po Tsai. Among people deceased in 1840, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ranks 28. Before him are Beau Brummell, Marcellin Champagnat, Nicholas Aylward Vigors, Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut, Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Crown Princess of Prussia. After him are Anne Lister, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Franz Meyen, Karl Otfried Müller, Carl Blechen, and Frances Burney.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ranks 712 out of 1,347. Before him are Magali Noël (1931), Bohemond VI of Antioch (1237), Sarduri I (-900), Helena Kantakouzene (1333), Neslişah Sultan (1921), and George I of Georgia (996). After him are Euthydemus I (-300), Joseph Genesius (1000), Ariadne (null), Sosthenes of Macedon (-400), John II of Trebizond (1262), and Proclus of Constantinople (310).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Türkiye

Among biologists born in Türkiye, Constantine Samuel Rafinesque ranks 1. After him are Sabiha Kasimati (1912), and Asuman Baytop (1920).

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