BIOLOGIST

Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás

1877 - 1933

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Baron Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (also Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás, Baron Nopcsa, Ferenc Nopcsa, báró felsőszilvási Nopcsa Ferenc, Baron Franz Nopcsa, and Franz Baron Nopcsa; May 3, 1877 – April 25, 1933) was a Hungarian aristocrat, adventurer, scholar, geologist, paleontologist and albanologist. He is widely regarded as one of the founders of paleobiology, and first described the theory of insular dwarfism. He was also a specialist on Albanian studies and completed the first geological map of northern Albania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás is the 580th most popular biologist (down from 451st in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Romania (down from 234th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Romanian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás ranks 580 out of 1,097. Before him are Georg von Langsdorff, August W. Eichler, Charles Antoine Lemaire, John Gilbert Baker, Rudolf Schlechter, and Augustin Saint-Hilaire. After him are Johann Jakob Kaup, Frederick DuCane Godman, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Philip Henry Gosse, Mary Agnes Chase, and Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem.

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Among people born in 1877, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás ranks 106. Before him are William Hope Hodgson, Edmund Gwenn, Mari Beyleryan, Mordechai Gebirtig, Camillo Caccia Dominioni, and Luigi Maglione. After him are Giuseppe Volpi, Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, Filippos Karvelas, Ivy Lee, Elin Pelin, and Victor Willems. Among people deceased in 1933, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás ranks 82. Before him are Lilla Cabot Perry, Andrey Lyapchev, Robert Kajanus, Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt, Ion G. Duca, and Toktogul Satylganov. After him are Julius Klengel, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Gyula Krúdy, Otto Stapf, Anthony Hope, and Robert W. Chambers.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás ranks 255 out of 844. Before him are Elek Schwartz (1908), Nikolai Spathari (1636), Ágnes Esterházy (1891), Ion G. Duca (1879), Nicolae Ciucă (1967), and Theodor Stolojan (1943). After him are Bertalan Székely (1835), Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia (1859), Nicolae Rădescu (1874), Dan Petrescu (1967), Miklós Bánffy (1873), and Constantin Rădulescu (1896).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Romania

Among biologists born in Romania, Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás ranks 4. Before him are Ana Aslan (1897), Johann Hedwig (1730), and Aaron Aaronsohn (1876). After him are Emil Racoviță (1868), and Grigore Antipa (1867).

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