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Georg von Langsdorff

1774 - 1852

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Georg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff (8 April 1774 – 9 June 1852) was a German naturalist and explorer, as well as a Russian diplomat, better known by his Russian name, Grigori Ivanovich Langsdorf. He was a naturalist and physician on the First Russian circumnavigation from 1803 to 1806. Later Langsdorff was nominated consul general of Russia in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. From there he organized expeditions to Minas Gerais (1813 to 1820) and the Langsdorff Expedition to the Amazon rainforest, which lasted from 1825 to 1829. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Langsdorff is the 574th most popular biologist (down from 428th in 2019), the 3,561st most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,192nd in 2019) and the 115th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Georg von Langsdorff ranks 574 out of 1,097. Before him are Henri Cassini, Eduard Friedrich Poeppig, Franz Xaver von Wulfen, Karl Friedrich von Gaertner, Edmond Albius, and Kristine Bonnevie. After him are August W. Eichler, Charles Antoine Lemaire, John Gilbert Baker, Rudolf Schlechter, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, and Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, Georg von Langsdorff ranks 28. Before him are Lord William Bentinck, Václav Tomášek, Pierre Rode, Karl Mollweide, Marie-Denise Villers, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi. After him are Meriwether Lewis, Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Johnny Appleseed, Luis Eduardo Pérez, Dawud Pasha of Baghdad, and Edward Charles Howard. Among people deceased in 1852, Georg von Langsdorff ranks 44. Before him are Edward Bransfield, Achille Richard, John Lloyd Stephens, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Charles Athanase Walckenaer, and Bernardino Drovetti. After him are Margaret Taylor, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, Carlos María de Alvear, James Pradier, Nicolae Bălcescu, and Georg August Wallin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Georg von Langsdorff ranks 3,563 out of 7,253. Before him are Franz Roth (1946), Johann Most (1846), Josef Kammhuber (1896), Christian Gmelin (1792), Dorothea of Anhalt-Zerbst (1607), and Wilhelm Jordan (1842). After him are Heinrich Burger (1881), Friedrich Kirchner (1885), Michael Weikath (1962), Paul Fleming (1609), Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt (1857), and August W. Eichler (1839).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Georg von Langsdorff ranks 115. Before him are Ludwig Diels (1874), Johann Friedrich Naumann (1780), Karl Möbius (1825), Alwin Berger (1871), Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798), and Karl Friedrich von Gaertner (1772). After him are August W. Eichler (1839), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), Johann Jakob Kaup (1803), Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten (1817), Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781), and Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742).

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