BIOLOGIST

Eugène Simon

1848 - 1924

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Eugène Louis Simon (French pronunciation: [øʒɛn lwi simɔ̃]; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4,000 species. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Simon is the 412th most popular biologist (up from 519th in 2019), the 2,727th most popular biography from France (up from 3,637th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Eugène Simon ranks 412 out of 1,097. Before him are June Almeida, Georg August Goldfuss, Auguste Chevalier, Philibert Commerson, Achille Valenciennes, and Pierre Magnol. After him are Arthur Tansley, John Needham, Alexander Braun, Heinrich Boie, George Albert Boulenger, and Carl Hagenbeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Eugène Simon ranks 57. Before him are Anatoly Stessel, Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Viktor Meyer, Benjamin Baillaud, Hans Delbrück, and Albert Robida. After him are Georges Ohnet, Alexander Kazbegi, Édouard Detaille, Francis Darwin, Maryana Marrash, and Franz von Soxhlet. Among people deceased in 1924, Eugène Simon ranks 51. Before him are Eugenius Warming, Joseph Henry Blackburne, F. H. Bradley, Florence Harding, Dimitar Blagoev, and Carl Anton Larsen. After him are Sergei Lyapunov, Wollert Konow, Zeynalabdin Taghiyev, Edwin Montagu, Marie Corelli, and Nilo Peçanha.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Simon ranks 2,727 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Labrouste (1801), André Marty (1886), Pierre Magnol (1638), John III, Duke of Bavaria (1374), Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894), and Albert Robida (1848). After him are François Sudre (1787), Henri Pélissier (1889), André Leducq (1904), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Felice Borel (1914), and Pierre Dupont de l'Étang (1765).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Eugène Simon ranks 52. Before him are Louis Claude Richard (1754), Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre (1752), Auguste Chevalier (1873), Philibert Commerson (1727), Achille Valenciennes (1794), and Pierre Magnol (1638). After him are Paul Gervais (1816), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Henri Ernest Baillon (1827), Antoine de Jussieu (1686), and Alain Bombard (1924).

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