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Göran Wahlenberg

1780 - 1851

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Georg (Göran) Wahlenberg (1 October 1780 – 22 March 1851) was a Swedish naturalist. He was born in Kroppa, Värmland County. Wahlenberg matriculated at Uppsala University in 1792, received his doctorate in Medicine in 1806, was appointed botanices demonstrator in 1814, and professor of medicine and botany in 1829, succeeding Carl Peter Thunberg. He was the last holder of the undivided chair that in the previous century had been held by Linnaeus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Göran Wahlenberg is the 423rd most popular biologist (up from 429th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 425th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Swedish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 423 out of 1,097. Before him are George Albert Boulenger, Carl Hagenbeck, Adolf Mayer, Martha Chase, James P. Allison, and Joseph Gaertner. After him are Blasius Merrem, Pieter Bleeker, Asa Gray, Karl Eichwald, Andrew Smith, and Abraham Trembley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 29. Before him are Georgios Karaiskakis, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Anastasio Bustamante, Alexandre Deschapelles, Charles Maturin, and Élie, duc Decazes. After him are Princess Augusta of Prussia, August Leopold Crelle, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Johannes van den Bosch, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, and Léon Jean Marie Dufour. Among people deceased in 1851, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 29. Before him are Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, Dean Mahomed, Karl Gützlaff, Vincenz Priessnitz, Horace François Bastien Sébastiani de La Porta, and Princess Maria Christina of Saxony. After him are Conrad Graf, Stanko Vraz, Leopold, Prince of Salerno, Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol, Alexander Alyabyev, and Marie Jules César Savigny.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 384 out of 1,879. Before him are Börje Salming (1951), Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland (1750), Princess Sofia, Duchess of Värmland (1984), Johan August Brinell (1849), Ernst Fast (1881), and Sixten Jernberg (1929). After him are Carl Charlier (1862), Tore Keller (1905), Hjalmar Hammarskjöld (1862), Art Spiegelman (1948), Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), and Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden (1100).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Sweden

Among biologists born in Sweden, Göran Wahlenberg ranks 18. Before him are Jacob Georg Agardh (1813), Erik Acharius (1757), Carl Alexander Clerck (1710), Daniel Solander (1733), Olof Swartz (1760), and Carl Jakob Sundevall (1801). After him are Peter Artedi (1705), Pehr Kalm (1716), Carl Axel Magnus Lindman (1856), Johan Andreas Murray (1740), Charles De Geer (1720), and Carl-Gustaf Rossby (1898).

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