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Georg Wilhelm Steller

1709 - 1746

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Georg Wilhelm Steller (10 March 1709 – 14 November 1746) was a German-born naturalist and explorer who contributed to the fields of biology, zoology, and ethnography. He participated in the Great Northern Expedition (1733–1743) and his observations of the natural world helped the exploration and documentation of the flora and fauna of the North Pacific region. Steller pursued studies in theology and medicine before turning his attention to the natural sciences. In 1734, he joined the Russian Academy of Sciences as a physician, eventually being selected to accompany Bering's expedition to the uncharted waters between Siberia and North America. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Wilhelm Steller is the 160th most popular biologist (up from 182nd in 2019), the 982nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,400th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Georg Wilhelm Steller ranks 160 out of 1,097. Before him are Thomas Huckle Weller, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, Martin Chalfie, Jakob von Uexküll, Susumu Tonegawa, and Nettie Stevens. After him are Salvador Luria, George Davis Snell, Renato Dulbecco, Mario Capecchi, Henry Walter Bates, and Louis Agassiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1709, Georg Wilhelm Steller ranks 5. Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, Samuel Johnson, and Jacques de Vaucanson. After him are Franz Benda, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Johann Georg Gmelin, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, and Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans. Among people deceased in 1746, Georg Wilhelm Steller ranks 5. Before him are Philip V of Spain, Christian VI of Denmark, Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain, and Colin Maclaurin. After him are Francis Hutcheson, Nicolas de Largillière, Anna Leopoldovna, Domenico Alberti, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg Wilhelm Steller ranks 982 out of 7,253. Before him are Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715), Hans Scholl (1918), Christina of Saxony (1461), and Agnes of Merania (1175). After him are Mechtilde (1241), Hartmann von Aue (1160), Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831), Horst Buchholz (1933), Princess Wilhelmine of Baden (1788), and Frederick IV, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1671).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Georg Wilhelm Steller ranks 19. Before him are Erwin Neher (1944), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), and Bernard Katz (1911). After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), Julius Richard Petri (1852), Walther Flemming (1843), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), and Hermann Schlegel (1804).

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