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François Levaillant

1753 - 1824

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François Levaillant (born Vaillant, later in life as Le Vaillant, "The Valiant") (6 August 1753 – 22 November 1824) was a French author, explorer, naturalist, zoological collector, travel writer, and noted ornithologist. He described many new species of birds based on birds he collected in Africa and several birds are named after him. He was among the first to use colour plates for illustrating birds and opposed the use of binomial nomenclature introduced by Carl Linnaeus, preferring instead to use descriptive French names such as the bateleur (meaning "tumbler or tight-rope walker") for the distinctive African eagle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. François Levaillant is the 429th most popular explorer (down from 408th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Suriname (down from 16th in 2019) and the most popular Surinamer Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, François Levaillant ranks 429 out of 498. Before him are Sámuel Teleki, Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen, Androsthenes of Thasos, György Almásy, Finn Ronne, and Ivan Moskvitin. After him are Anthony de la Roché, Sverre Hassel, Frederick Russell Burnham, Tim Severin, Alfred Maudslay, and Johann Ludwig Krapf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, François Levaillant ranks 41. Before him are William Nicholson, Thomas Bewick, Bartolina Sisa, John Soane, Dugald Stewart, and Edward Pigott. After him are Nikolay Lvov, James McHenry, William Beechey, William Roscoe, William Eustis, and Elizabeth Inchbald. Among people deceased in 1824, François Levaillant ranks 37. Before him are Agustín de Betancourt, Fyodor Alekseyev, Hans Nielsen Hauge, André Thouin, Lachlan Macquarie, and Ludwig Wilhelm Gilbert. After him are Jonathan Dayton, Mah Laqa Bai, Jane Taylor, and Charles Pinckney.

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In Suriname

Among people born in Suriname, François Levaillant ranks 17 out of 33. Before him are Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (1972), Ramsewak Shankar (1937), Johan Kraag (1913), Henny Meijer (1962), Fred Ramdat Misier (1926), and Remy Bonjasky (1976). After him are Stanley Menzo (1963), Cynthia McLeod (1936), Melvin Manhoef (1976), Edson Braafheid (1983), Henk Fraser (1966), and Ulrich van Gobbel (1971).

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Among EXPLORERS In Suriname

Among explorers born in Suriname, François Levaillant ranks 1. 

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