BIOLOGIST

Ignaz Schiffermüller

1727 - 1806

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Jeremias "Johann" Ignaz Schiffermüller (Austrian German: [jereˈmiːas ˈiːɡnats ˈʃɪfɐˌmʏlɐ]; 2 November 1727 – 21 June 1806) was an Austrian naturalist and Jesuit teacher who took a special interest in the Lepidoptera. In order to describe the colours of butterflies, he also looked for a systematic approach to describing colours in nature and to standardize their names. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ignaz Schiffermüller is the 647th most popular biologist (up from 705th in 2019), the 729th most popular biography from Austria (up from 840th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 647 out of 1,097. Before him are Nils Johan Andersson, Johan Peter Falk, Johann Julius Walbaum, Karl Rudolphi, Daniel Oliver, and Georg Dionysius Ehret. After him are Karl Hugo Strunz, Anders Dahl, Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer, José Antonio Pavón Jiménez, Charles Frédéric Girard, and Wilhelm Hofmeister.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1727, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 27. Before him are Philibert Commerson, Horatio Gates, Johann Gottlieb Goldberg, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Gobel, François-Hubert Drouais, and Ivan Shuvalov. After him are Peter Woulfe, Andrew Planche, Johann Gottfried Zinn, William Samuel Johnson, and William Ellery. Among people deceased in 1806, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 42. Before him are Michael von Melas, Timothy Dexter, Shah Alam II, Jean Joseph Mounier, Charles James Fox, and Gabriel François Doyen. After him are Gim Hongdo, Karoline von Günderrode, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Henry Knox, Heinrich Christian Boie, and Benjamin Banneker.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 729 out of 1,424. Before him are Joseph Rock (1884), Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1869), Fritz Heider (1896), Christopher Alexander (1936), Max Merkel (1918), and Otto Muehl (1925). After him are Robert Dienst (1928), Fritz Klein (1932), Maria Lassnig (1919), Rudolf von Alt (1812), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), and Ignaz von Seyfried (1776).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Ignaz Schiffermüller ranks 14. Before him are Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Otto Stapf (1857), Franz Steindachner (1834), and Joseph Rock (1884). After him are Pál Kitaibel (1757), Josef August Schultes (1773), Richard Wettstein (1863), Johann Natterer (1787), Franz Unger (1800), and Carl Eduard Hellmayr (1878).

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