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François-Alphonse Forel

1841 - 1912

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François-Alphonse Forel (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa alfɔ̃s fɔʁɛl]; 2 February 1841 – 7 August 1912) was a Swiss physician and scientist who pioneered the study of lakes, and is thus considered the founder. He was also professor at the University of Lausanne and the Father of limnology. Limnology is the study of bodies of fresh water and their biological, chemical, and physical features. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François-Alphonse Forel is the 383rd most popular biologist (down from 345th in 2019), the 242nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 261st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 383 out of 1,097. Before him are Nikolai Severtzov, John Maynard Smith, Samuel Frederick Gray, Matt Ridley, Esther Lederberg, and Michał Boym. After him are Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst, Carlo Allioni, Louis Claude Richard, Johann Georg Wagler, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Nicolaas Laurens Burman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1841, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 40. Before him are Carl Tausig, Annie Chapman, Eugenius Warming, Otto von Gierke, Prudente de Morais, and Joseph Henry Blackburne. After him are Felip Pedrell, Mykhailo Drahomanov, Józef Brandt, Oreste Baratieri, Luigi Luzzatti, and Elfrida Andrée. Among people deceased in 1912, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 50. Before him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Georg Heym, Eduard Strasburger, Herman Bang, and James S. Sherman. After him are Harriet Quimby, Paul Kummer, Jacques Futrelle, Wallace Hartley, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, and Joachim III of Constantinople.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 242 out of 1,015. Before him are Ferdinand Kübler (1919), Raoul Pictet (1846), Jean Vanier (1928), Françoise-Louise de Warens (1699), Umberto Agnelli (1934), and Walther Ritz (1878). After him are Stan Wawrinka (1985), Ubol Ratana (1951), Denis de Rougemont (1906), Victor Goldschmidt (1888), Paul Wild (1925), and Johann Peter Hebel (1760).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, François-Alphonse Forel ranks 14. Before him are Alexander Agassiz (1835), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), Albert von Kölliker (1817), Johann Jakob von Tschudi (1818), and Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810). After him are Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Abraham Trembley (1710), Oswald Heer (1809), Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), and Casimir de Candolle (1836).

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