BIOLOGIST

Ernst Ahl

1898 - 1945

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Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin. He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde. He was also the editor in chief of the review Das Aquarium from 1927 to 1934. During World War II, Ahl fought in the ranks of the Wehrmacht - in Poland, North Africa, and later, Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Ahl is the 826th most popular biologist (down from 786th in 2019), the 4,575th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,783rd in 2019) and the 173rd most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ernst Ahl ranks 826 out of 1,097. Before him are Robert Trivers, John Abbot, Albrecht Thaer, Akira Miyawaki, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, and Michele Tenore. After him are Thomas Hardwicke, Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Charles Wallace Richmond, Alfred Moquin-Tandon, John Gerard, and Alfred Cogniaux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ernst Ahl ranks 210. Before him are Harry Patch, Harry Watson, David Toro, Ben Shahn, Valentín Paz-Andrade, and Clemente Biondetti. After him are Jascha Horenstein, Rosa Chacel, Zhu Ziqing, Petar Gabrovski, Zeki Rıza Sporel, and Marilyn Miller. Among people deceased in 1945, Ernst Ahl ranks 288. Before him are Bruno Frank, Aleksandr Khanzhonkov, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Alexander Fersman, Reynold A. Nicholson, and Ragnar Östberg. After him are Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Eugen Bolz, John Bray, Jesús Bermúdez, Petar Gabrovski, and José María Moncada.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Ahl ranks 4,578 out of 7,253. Before him are Dora Doll (1922), Karl George Lebrecht, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1730), Udo Beyer (1955), Ludwig Knorr (1859), Oliver Masucci (1968), and Leon Goretzka (1995). After him are Peter Frenkel (1939), Carl Locher (1851), Ulrich Tukur (1957), Adolf Grünbaum (1923), Werner Teske (1942), and Paul Zielinski (1911).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Ernst Ahl ranks 173. Before him are Johann Jacob Dillenius (1684), Nicolaus Michael Oppel (1782), Charlotte Auerbach (1899), Gustav Lindau (1866), Albrecht Thaer (1752), and Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834). After him are Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862), Hermann Harms (1870), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864), Johann August Ephraim Goeze (1731), and Otto Bütschli (1848).

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