BIOLOGIST
Edmond Albius
1829 - 1880
Edmond Albius
Edmond Albius (c. 1829 – 9 August 1880) was a horticulturalist from Réunion. Born into slavery, Albius became an important figure in the cultivation of vanilla. At the age of 12, he invented a technique for pollinating vanilla orchids quickly and profitably. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edmond Albius is the 572nd most popular biologist (up from 582nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Réunion (up from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Biologist.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Edmond Albius ranks 572 out of 1,097. Before him are Alfred Newton, Alwin Berger, Henri Cassini, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, and Karl Friedrich von Gaertner. After him are Kristine Bonnevie, Georg von Langsdorff, August W. Eichler, Charles Antoine Lemaire, John Gilbert Baker, and Rudolf Schlechter.
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HPI: 59.44
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HPI: 59.44
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HPI: 59.43
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Eduard Friedrich Poeppig
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HPI: 59.41
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Franz Xaver von Wulfen
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Karl Friedrich von Gaertner
1772 - 1850
HPI: 59.38
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Edmond Albius
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 572
Kristine Bonnevie
1872 - 1948
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 573
Georg von Langsdorff
1774 - 1852
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 574
August W. Eichler
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HPI: 59.31
Rank: 575
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HPI: 59.27
Rank: 576
John Gilbert Baker
1834 - 1920
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 577
Rudolf Schlechter
1872 - 1925
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 578
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1829, Edmond Albius ranks 47. Before him are Thomas Hill, Graziadio Isaia Ascoli, Antonio Guzmán Blanco, Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer, Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure, and Alfred Newton. After him are Ludvig Lorenz, Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg, Carl Schurz, Suzanne Manet, Charles Walter De Vis, and Jean Dufresne. Among people deceased in 1880, Edmond Albius ranks 40. Before him are Alphonse Pénaud, Sunanda Kumariratana, Robert Fortune, Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Karl Friedrich Lessing, and Benjamin Peirce. After him are Arthur Morin, Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra, Edwin Drake, Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès, Manuel Montt, and Nikolay Zinin.
Others Born in 1829
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Thomas Hill
PAINTER
1829 - 1908
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 41
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1907
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 42
Antonio Guzmán Blanco
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1899
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 43
Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer
PHYSICIAN
1829 - 1902
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 44
Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1905
HPI: 59.47
Rank: 45
Alfred Newton
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1907
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 46
Edmond Albius
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 47
Ludvig Lorenz
PHYSICIST
1829 - 1891
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 48
Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1907
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 49
Carl Schurz
POLITICIAN
1829 - 1906
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 50
Suzanne Manet
PAINTER
1829 - 1906
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 51
Charles Walter De Vis
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1915
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 52
Jean Dufresne
CHESS PLAYER
1829 - 1893
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 53
Others Deceased in 1880
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Alphonse Pénaud
ENGINEER
1850 - 1880
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 34
Sunanda Kumariratana
COMPANION
1860 - 1880
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 35
Robert Fortune
BIOLOGIST
1812 - 1880
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 36
Princess Marie of Hesse-Kassel
POLITICIAN
1796 - 1880
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 37
Karl Friedrich Lessing
PAINTER
1808 - 1880
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 38
Benjamin Peirce
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1880
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 39
Edmond Albius
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 40
Arthur Morin
ENGINEER
1795 - 1880
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 41
Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra
PHYSICIAN
1816 - 1880
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 42
Edwin Drake
BUSINESSPERSON
1819 - 1880
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 43
Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès
CHEMIST
1817 - 1880
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 44
Manuel Montt
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1880
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 45
Nikolay Zinin
CHEMIST
1812 - 1880
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 46
In Réunion
Among people born in Réunion, Edmond Albius ranks 7 out of 16. Before him are Roland Garros (1888), Michel Houellebecq (1956), Leconte de Lisle (1818), Ambroise Vollard (1866), Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais (1796), and Raymond Barre (1924). After him are Évariste de Parny (1753), Dimitri Payet (1987), Jackson Richardson (1969), Daniel Narcisse (1979), Florent Sinama Pongolle (1984), and Guillaume Hoarau (1984).
Others born in Réunion
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Roland Garros
PILOT
1888 - 1918
HPI: 75.88
Rank: 1
Michel Houellebecq
WRITER
1956 - Present
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 2
Leconte de Lisle
WRITER
1818 - 1894
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 3
Ambroise Vollard
BUSINESSPERSON
1866 - 1939
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 4
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
CHESS PLAYER
1796 - 1840
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 5
Raymond Barre
ECONOMIST
1924 - 2007
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 6
Edmond Albius
BIOLOGIST
1829 - 1880
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 7
Évariste de Parny
WRITER
1753 - 1814
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 8
Dimitri Payet
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 9
Jackson Richardson
HANDBALL PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 10
Daniel Narcisse
HANDBALL PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 11
Florent Sinama Pongolle
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 12
Guillaume Hoarau
SOCCER PLAYER
1984 - Present
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 13
Among BIOLOGISTS In Réunion
Among biologists born in Réunion, Edmond Albius ranks 1.
