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George Clifford III

1685 - 1760

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George Clifford III (7 January 1685, Amsterdam – 10 April 1760, Heemstede) was a wealthy Dutch banker and one of the directors of the Dutch East India Company. He is known for his keen interest in plants and gardens. His summer estate Hartekamp, south of Haarlem in Heemstede near Bennebroek, had a rich variety of plants and he engaged the Swedish naturalist Carl von Linné ("Carl Linnaeus"), who stayed at his estate from 1736 to 1738, to write Hortus Cliffortianus (1737), a masterpiece of early botanical literature published in 1738, and for which Georg Dionysius Ehret did the illustrations. His grandfather, Englishman George Clifford I, moved from Stow (where his father was rector) to Amsterdam around 1640, beginning an Anglo-Dutch trading and banking dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Clifford III is the 599th most popular biologist (up from 611th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 647th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Clifford III ranks 599 out of 1,097. Before him are Joseph Leidy, Charles De Geer, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Tsuneko Okazaki, John Murray, and Francisco J. Ayala. After him are Ruth Arnon, Antoine Risso, Otto Stapf, Władysław Taczanowski, Jon E. Ahlquist, and Edmond de Sélys Longchamps.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1685, George Clifford III ranks 19. Before him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, William Kent, Dominikus Zimmermann, Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Farrukhsiyar. After him are Jacob Theodor Klein, Francesco Loredan, Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and George Hadley. Among people deceased in 1760, George Clifford III ranks 12. Before him are Alaungpaya, Joanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp, Adrien Manglard, Christoph Graupner, William VIII, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Andrija Kačić Miošić.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, George Clifford III ranks 559 out of 1,646. Before him are Michael Reiziger (1973), Anthony van Hoboken (1887), Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper (1890), Jan de Bray (1627), Björn Kuipers (1973), and Henk ten Cate (1954). After him are Suzanne Manet (1829), Candy Dulfer (1969), Annie M. G. Schmidt (1911), Evert van Aelst (1602), Willem Frederik Hermans (1921), and Bertus Aafjes (1914).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, George Clifford III ranks 13. Before him are Jan Swammerdam (1637), Martinus Beijerinck (1851), Pieter Boddaert (1730), Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), and Wilhem de Haan (1801). After him are Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), Volcher Coiter (1534), Johannes Burman (1707), C. B. van Niel (1897), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), and Wim Crusio (1954).

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