BIOLOGIST

Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim

1771 - 1853

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Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (Russian: Григо́рий Ива́нович Фи́шер фон Ва́льдгейм, romanized: Grigórij Ivánovič Fíšer fon Vál'dgejm; 13 October 1771 – 18 October 1853) was a Saxon anatomist, entomologist and paleontologist. Fischer was born as Gotthilf Fischer in Waldheim, Saxony, the son of a linen weaver. He studied medicine at Leipzig. He travelled to Vienna and Paris with his friend Alexander von Humboldt and studied under Georges Cuvier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim is the 111th most popular biologist (up from 218th in 2019), the 733rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,757th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 111 out of 1,097. Before him are Philip Miller, Jean-Henri Fabre, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, and Stanley B. Prusiner. After him are Svante Pääbo, Hermann Joseph Muller, Vladimir Vernadsky, William John Swainson, Elias Magnus Fries, and John B. Calhoun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1771, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 9. Before him are Robert Owen, Emperor Kōkaku, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Richard Trevithick, Julie Clary, and Antoine-Jean Gros. After him are Alois Senefelder, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Jean-Andoche Junot, Laskarina Bouboulina, and Princess Louise Auguste of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1853, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 6. Before him are William R. King, Christian Doppler, François Arago, Maria II of Portugal, and Ludwig Tieck. After him are Princess Maria Amélia of Brazil, Georg Friedrich Grotefend, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Leopold Gmelin, and Józef Maria Hoene-Wroński.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 733 out of 7,253. Before him are Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Erich Koch (1896), Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937), Rudolf Schenker (1948), Ludwig Stumpfegger (1910), and Johann Deisenhofer (1943). After him are Manfred Gerlach (1928), Elisabeth of Wied (1843), Nikolaus Harnoncourt (1929), Johann Adolph Hasse (1699), Jürgen Stroop (1895), and Thomas Bach (1953).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim ranks 16. Before him are Katherine Oppenheimer (1910), Ernst Mayr (1904), Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (1942), Erwin Neher (1944), Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795), and Georges J. F. Köhler (1946). After him are Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Bernard Katz (1911), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (1775), and Julius Richard Petri (1852).

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