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Franz Steindachner

1834 - 1919

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Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner described hundreds of new species of fish and dozens of new amphibians and reptiles. At least seven species of reptile have been named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Steindachner is the 612th most popular biologist (up from 740th in 2019), the 702nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 879th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Franz Steindachner ranks 612 out of 1,097. Before him are Jules Émile Planchon, Adrien René Franchet, Émile Duclaux, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Pieter Willem Korthals, and Fritz Schaudinn. After him are Émile Oustalet, Carl Bernhard von Trinius, Imre Frivaldszky, Charles Walter De Vis, Patrick Manson, and Emil Racoviță.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Franz Steindachner ranks 67. Before him are Frederick DuCane Godman, Todor Burmov, Prince William of Schaumburg-Lippe, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, Adrien René Franchet, and Vilém Blodek. After him are Hermann Usener, Étienne Laspeyres, Valtazar Bogišić, Friedrich Tietjen, Edmond Laguerre, and John Wesley Powell. Among people deceased in 1919, Franz Steindachner ranks 105. Before him are Frederick DuCane Godman, Paul Deussen, Maria Nikiforova, Woldemar Voigt, John Alcock, and Victorino de la Plaza. After him are Ernest von Koerber, Pavel Chistyakov, Louis Diémer, Alfred Deakin, José Santos Zelaya, and Tibor Szamuely.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Franz Steindachner ranks 702 out of 1,424. Before him are Prince Franz de Paula of Liechtenstein (1802), Michael Denis (1729), Egon Wellesz (1885), Richard Heuberger (1850), Marko Arnautović (1989), and Natascha Kampusch (1988). After him are Ursula Ledóchowska (1865), Benita Ferrero-Waldner (1948), Karl von Blaas (1815), Ludwig Anzengruber (1839), Herbert Kickl (1968), and Erich Leinsdorf (1912).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Franz Steindachner ranks 12. Before him are Joy Adamson (1910), Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), and Otto Stapf (1857). After him are Joseph Rock (1884), Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Pál Kitaibel (1757), Josef August Schultes (1773), Richard Wettstein (1863), and Johann Natterer (1787).

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