BIOLOGIST

Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz

1722 - 1799

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Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz (Roodt-sur-Eisch, Luxembourg, 25 November 1722 – 18 January 1799, Judenburg, Austria) was a botanist and a physician. In 1750 he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Vienna, where he was a pupil of Gerard van Swieten (1700–1772). He studied obstetrics in Paris and London. In Paris he was influenced by André Levret (1703–1780) and Nicolas Puzos (1686–1753). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz is the 329th most popular biologist (up from 351st in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Luxembourger Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz ranks 329 out of 1,097. Before him are Andrew Fire, Erik Acharius, David Baltimore, Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, and Johann Reinhold Forster. After him are Hermann Burmeister, Charles M. Rice, Patrick Geddes, Jérôme Lejeune, Edward Blyth, and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz ranks 12. Before him are Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Jazzar Pasha, Paisius of Hilendar, Samuel Adams, Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, and Leopold Auenbrugger. After him are Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paisius Velichkovsky, Pietro Nardini, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Amursana, and Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. Among people deceased in 1799, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz ranks 21. Before him are Jean-François Marmontel, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Étienne-Louis Boullée, and Barthélemy Catherine Joubert. After him are Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Patrick Henry, Johann Hedwig, and Pierre Pigneau de Behaine.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz ranks 21 out of 95. Before him are Joseph Bech (1887), Edward Steichen (1879), Jean-Claude Hollerich (1958), Charly Gaul (1932), Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927), and Nicolas Frantz (1899). After him are Hermann von François (1856), Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1981), Princess Alix of Luxembourg (1929), Baldwin of Luxembourg (1285), Viviane Reding (1951), and Louis Pilot (1940).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Luxembourg

Among biologists born in Luxembourg, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz ranks 2. Before him are Jules A. Hoffmann (1941).

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