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Hans Christian Gram

1853 - 1938

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Hans Christian Joachim Gram (13 September 1853 – 14 November 1938) was a Danish bacteriologist noted for his development of the Gram stain, still a standard technique to classify bacteria and make them more visible under a microscope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Christian Gram is the 125th most popular biologist (down from 114th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Denmark (up from 107th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Hans Christian Gram ranks 125 out of 1,097. Before him are James Edward Smith, Sylvia Earle, Carl Peter Thunberg, John Hopfield, Erasmus Darwin, and Carl Nägeli. After him are Robert Whittaker, Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin, Hamilton O. Smith, Sam Harris, Reginald Innes Pocock, and Sydney Brenner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Hans Christian Gram ranks 16. Before him are José Martí, Aleksei Brusilov, Vladimir Solovyov, Ferdinand Hodler, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, and Errico Malatesta. After him are Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Alphonse Bertillon, Katharina Schratt, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and Oskar Potiorek. Among people deceased in 1938, Hans Christian Gram ranks 30. Before him are Suzanne Lenglen, Robert Johnson, King Oliver, Lev Shestov, Bruno Taut, and Vasily Blyukher. After him are Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, William Stern, Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, Marianne von Werefkin, John Flanagan, and Feodor Chaliapin.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Hans Christian Gram ranks 94 out of 1,032. Before him are Ejnar Hertzsprung (1873), Princess Benedikte of Denmark (1944), Allan Simonsen (1952), Eric IV of Denmark (1216), Canute Lavard (1096), and N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783). After him are Charles I, Count of Flanders (1083), Eric I of Denmark (1055), Valdemar III of Denmark (1314), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg (1545), and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1546).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among biologists born in Denmark, Hans Christian Gram ranks 1. After him are Johan Christian Fabricius (1745), Wilhelm Johannsen (1857), Erik Pontoppidan (1698), Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), Otto Friedrich Müller (1730), Christen C. Raunkiær (1860), Eugenius Warming (1841), Emil Christian Hansen (1842), Japetus Steenstrup (1813), and Johan Lange (1818).

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