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Erwin Stresemann

1889 - 1972

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Erwin Friedrich Theodor Stresemann (22 November 1889, in Dresden – 20 November 1972, in East Berlin) was a German naturalist and ornithologist. Stresemann was an ornithologist of extensive breadth who compiled one of the first and most comprehensive accounts of avian biology of its time as part of the Handbuch der Zoologie (Handbook of Zoology). In the process of his studies on birds, he also produced one of the most extensive historical accounts on the development of the science of ornithology. He influenced numerous ornithologists around him and oversaw the development of ornithology in Germany as editor of the Journal für Ornithologie. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Stresemann is the 747th most popular biologist (down from 595th in 2019), the 4,274th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,052nd in 2019) and the 157th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Erwin Stresemann ranks 747 out of 1,097. Before him are Sabin Berthelot, Johann Friedrich Adam, Charles Conrad Abbott, Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold, Miles Joseph Berkeley, and Spencer Fullerton Baird. After him are Richard Lewontin, Friedrich Reinitzer, Francis Collins, Ardem Patapoutian, Heinrich Zollinger, and James L. Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Erwin Stresemann ranks 206. Before him are Pearl White, Richard O'Connor, Albert Hill, Clifton Webb, Anita Malfatti, and G. D. H. Cole. After him are Vladimir Sokoloff, Ostap Vyshnya, James L. Peters, Tryggvi Þórhallsson, Vera Karalli, and Arnulf Øverland. Among people deceased in 1972, Erwin Stresemann ranks 168. Before him are Leo G. Carroll, Franciska Gaal, Gavriil Popov, Meena Kumari, Ferde Grofé, and Cecil Day-Lewis. After him are Antal Szabó, Bernabé Ferreyra, John Hutchinson, Vera Karalli, Rudolf Friml, and Vera Inber.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erwin Stresemann ranks 4,276 out of 7,253. Before him are Rudolf Wolters (1903), Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa (1818), Immanuel Hermann Fichte (1796), Cuno Hoffmeister (1892), Franz Josef Jung (1949), and Herman Sörgel (1885). After him are Eberhard Weber (1940), Augustus Louis, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1697), Friederike Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1698), Gerhard Rohlfs (1892), Curt Bois (1901), and Erich Rademacher (1901).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Erwin Stresemann ranks 157. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm Schultz (1804), Ernst Stromer (1871), Amalie Dietrich (1821), Hugo von Mohl (1805), Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816), and Karl Theodor Ernst von Siebold (1804). After him are Adam Lonicer (1528), Wilhelm Weinberg (1862), Otto von Münchhausen (1716), Karl Moritz Schumann (1851), Karl Julius Perleb (1794), and Eduard Oscar Schmidt (1823).

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