BIOLOGIST

George Engelmann

1809 - 1884

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George Engelmann, also known as Georg Engelmann, (2 February 1809 – 4 February 1884) was a German-American botanist. He was instrumental in describing the flora of the west of North America, then very poorly known to Europeans; he was particularly active in the Rocky Mountains and northern Mexico, one of his constant companions being another German-American, the botanical illustrator Paulus Roetter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Engelmann is the 993rd most popular biologist (down from 918th in 2019), the 5,305th most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,184th in 2019) and the 190th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, George Engelmann ranks 993 out of 1,097. Before him are David Prain, John Cassin, Max Fürbringer, George Montagu, Gottlieb Haberlandt, and Herbert Boyer. After him are Theobald Smith, Samuel Garman, David A. Sinclair, Ryuta Kawashima, John Claudius Loudon, and Edward William Nelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, George Engelmann ranks 72. Before him are Nestor Kukolnik, Giuseppe Giusti, Svend Foyn, Juan Antonio Pezet, Sterling Price, and Ștefan Golescu. After him are Achille Guenée, Fanny Kemble, Francis Walker, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson. Among people deceased in 1884, George Engelmann ranks 68. Before him are Menyhért Lónyay, Arnold Henry Guyot, Heinrich Laube, Alfred Francis Russell, Quintino Sella, and José Eusebio Otalora. After him are Tomás Frías, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, Charles J. Folger, John Kilian, LeRoy Pope Walker, and Wendell Phillips.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George Engelmann ranks 5,308 out of 7,253. Before him are Tomer Sisley (1974), Helga Niessen Masthoff (1941), Tobias Sammet (1977), Christopher Franke (1953), Josef Streb (1912), and Curt Siodmak (1902). After him are Arnold Bode (1900), Peter Struck (1943), Alfred Braun (1888), Alva Noto (1965), Klaus Sammer (1942), and Carl Raddatz (1912).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, George Engelmann ranks 190. Before him are Curt Backeberg (1894), Tilly Edinger (1897), Johann Gottfried Zinn (1727), Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (1825), Heinrich Kuhl (1797), and Max Fürbringer (1846). After him are Alexander Wendt (1958), Peter Duesberg (1936), Christian Drosten (1972), and Magnus Manske (1974).

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