BIOLOGIST

Heinrich Anton de Bary

1831 - 1888

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Heinrich Anton de Bary (26 January 1831 – 19 January 1888) was a German surgeon, botanist, microbiologist, and mycologist (fungal systematics and physiology). He is considered a founding father of plant pathology (phytopathology) as well as the founder of modern mycology. His extensive and careful studies of the life history of fungi and contribution to the understanding of algae and higher plants established landmarks in biology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Anton de Bary is the 405th most popular biologist (up from 479th in 2019), the 2,606th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,503rd in 2019) and the 76th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Heinrich Anton de Bary ranks 405 out of 1,097Before him are Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Ludwik Fleck, Karl Koch, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Harold E. Varmus, and Lev Berg. After him are June Almeida, Georg August Goldfuss, Auguste Chevalier, Philibert Commerson, Achille Valenciennes, and Pierre Magnol.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Heinrich Anton de Bary ranks 48Before him are Peter Nicolai Arbo, Princess Helena of Nassau, Daniele Comboni, Wilhelm Raabe, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, and Henri Meilhac. After him are Philip Sheridan, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Konstantin Leontiev, Fyodor Bredikhin, David Edward Hughes, and Mary Mapes Dodge. Among people deceased in 1888, Heinrich Anton de Bary ranks 45Before him are Matthew Arnold, Gustave Boulanger, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Eunice Newton Foote, Jean-Delphin Alard, and Eugène Marin Labiche. After him are Philip Sheridan, Henri Herz, Mikhail Loris-Melikov, Asa Gray, Samson Raphael Hirsch, and Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Anton de Bary ranks 2,607 out of 7,253Before him are Josef Frings (1887), Nicodemus Tessin the Elder (1615), Hans Delbrück (1848), Jan Tschichold (1902), Eugen Ritter von Schobert (1883), and Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (1390). After him are Elisabeth of Anhalt-Zerbst (1563), Wilhelm Worringer (1881), George William, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe (1784), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Carl, Duke of Württemberg (1936), and Sophie of Thuringia, Duchess of Brabant (1224).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Heinrich Anton de Bary ranks 76Before him are Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Herbst (1743), Johann Georg Wagler (1800), Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann (1916), Theodor Boveri (1862), Georg Eberhard Rumphius (1627), and Karl Koch (1809). After him are Georg August Goldfuss (1782), Alexander Braun (1805), Heinrich Boie (1794), Carl Hagenbeck (1844), Adolf Mayer (1843), and Joseph Gaertner (1732).