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Domenico Vandelli

1735 - 1816

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Domenico Agostino Vandelli (Padua, 8 July 1735 – Lisbon, 27 June 1816) was an Italian naturalist, who did most of his scientific work in Portugal. He studied at the University of Padua, from which he received a doctorate in Natural Philosophy and Medicine in 1756. While active as naturalist in Italy he began a correspondence with the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné, which continued for several years. In 1763 he was invited by Catherine the Great of Russia to join the faculty of the University of St. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Domenico Vandelli is the 760th most popular biologist (up from 789th in 2019), the 3,417th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,721st in 2019) and the 15th most popular Italian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Domenico Vandelli ranks 760 out of 1,097. Before him are Johann Amman, Élie-Abel Carrière, Alexei Fedchenko, Garrett Hardin, Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, and John Hutchinson. After him are Bertha Lutz, Adam Lonicer, Tomitaro Makino, John Ellis, George Prideaux Robert Harris, and Hwang Woo-suk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Domenico Vandelli ranks 27. Before him are Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Paul Kray, Claudine Picardet, József Alvinczi, Joseph Ducreux, and Ivan Kulibin. After him are Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Jesse Ramsden, and Button Gwinnett. Among people deceased in 1816, Domenico Vandelli ranks 31. Before him are Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Dorothea Jordan, Friedrich Ludwig Schröder, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Edward Charles Howard, and Christian Konrad Sprengel. After him are Samuel Dexter, Gouverneur Morris, and James McHenry.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Domenico Vandelli ranks 3,418 out of 5,161. Before him are Mauro Baldi (1954), Gabriello Chiabrera (1552), Felice Anerio (1560), Giuseppe Pinelli (1928), Francesco I Gattilusio (1326), and Mario Bellini (1935). After him are Luciano Floridi (1964), Federigo Enriques (1871), Giovanni Pesaro (1589), Claudio Baglioni (1951), Adalbert I, Margrave of Tuscany (820), and Guido Boni (1892).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Italy

Among biologists born in Italy, Domenico Vandelli ranks 15. Before him are Odoardo Beccari (1843), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Carlo Allioni (1728), Giuseppe Acerbi (1773), Pier Andrea Saccardo (1845), and Gaetano Savi (1769). After him are Tommaso Salvadori (1835), Giacomo Bresadola (1847), Michele Tenore (1780), Filippo Parlatore (1816), and Carlo Luigi Spegazzini (1858).

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