BIOLOGIST

Fanny Hesse

1850 - 1934

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Fanny Hesse (born Angelina Fanny Eilshemius, June 22, 1850 – December 1, 1934) is best known for her work in microbiology alongside her husband, Walther Hesse. Following her initial suggestion of using agar as an alternative to gelatin, they were instrumental in pioneering agar's usage as a common gelling agent for producing media capable of culturing microorganisms at high temperatures. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fanny Hesse is the 1,071st most popular biologist (down from 1,004th in 2019), the 14,067th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,871st in 2019) and the 181st most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Fanny Hesse ranks 1,071 out of 1,097. Before her are Rita R. Colwell, Frank Fenner, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Hugo López-Gatell Ramírez, Eugenie Clark, and Pamela C. Rasmussen. After her are Maurice Kottelat, Susan Lindquist, Suzanne Cory, Steve Jones, Jerry Coyne, and Joan A. Steitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Fanny Hesse ranks 121. Before her are Hans von Pechmann, Georg Naue, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Henry Cabot Lodge, Samuel Gompers, and Lawrence Hargrave.  Among people deceased in 1934, Fanny Hesse ranks 178. Before her are John Francis Dillon, John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair, Lilyan Tashman, Harry A. Pollard, Lew Cody, and Arthur Wing Pinero. After her is Dorothy Dell.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fanny Hesse ranks 14,071 out of 20,380. Before her are DJ Ashba (1972), Bud Yorkin (1926), Andraé Crouch (1942), Malachi Throne (1928), Ti West (1980), and Brian Baumgartner (1972). After her are Sean Hannity (1961), Maximiliano Hernández (1973), Remy Ma (1980), Mark Tuan (1993), Tommy Thompson (1941), and James K. Morrow (1947).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, Fanny Hesse ranks 181. Before her are William Bartram (1739), Sidney Dillon Ripley (1913), Irene Pepperberg (1949), Storrs L. Olson (1944), Rita R. Colwell (1934), and Eugenie Clark (1922). After her are Susan Lindquist (1949), Jerry Coyne (1949), Joan A. Steitz (1941), Peter Dodson (1946), Jill Bolte Taylor (1959), and Ben Barres (1954).

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