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Erik Pontoppidan

1698 - 1764

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Erik Ludvigsen Pontoppidan (24 August 1698 – 20 December 1764) was a Danish author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, a historian, and an antiquarian. His Catechism of the Church of Denmark heavily influenced Danish and Norwegian religious thought and practice for roughly the next 200 years after its 1737 publication. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erik Pontoppidan is the 266th most popular biologist (down from 265th in 2019), the 179th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 205th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Erik Pontoppidan ranks 266 out of 1,097. Before him are Pierre Belon, Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, David Goodall, Carl Sigismund Kunth, and Friedrich Parrot. After him are Alexander von Middendorff, Carl Gustav Carus, Desmond Morris, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Francisco Varela, and C. L. Gloger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1698, Erik Pontoppidan ranks 12. Before him are Pierre Bouguer, Joseph Süß Oppenheimer, Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Riccardo Broschi, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, and Johann Jakob Bodmer. After him are Jean Calas, Louise Adélaïde d'Orléans, George Browne, François Francoeur, Giacomo Ceruti, and Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt. Among people deceased in 1764, Erik Pontoppidan ranks 10. Before him are William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Johann Mattheson, and Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francesco Algarotti, Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Picander, Semyon Chelyuskin, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Erik Pontoppidan ranks 179 out of 1,032. Before him are Richeza of Denmark (1174), Icel of Mercia (501), Carl Værnet (1893), Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt (1659), Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland (1456), and Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark (1912). After him are August Bournonville (1805), Anker Jørgensen (1922), Lars Løkke Rasmussen (1964), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (1970), and Ole Nydahl (1941).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among biologists born in Denmark, Erik Pontoppidan ranks 4. Before him are Hans Christian Gram (1853), Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), and Wilhelm Johannsen (1857). After him are Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), and Johan Lange (1818).

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