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Ignaz von Born

1742 - 1791

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Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born (Hungarian: Born Ignác, Romanian: Ignațiu von Born, Czech: Ignác Born) (26 December 1742 in Alba Iulia, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg monarchy – 24 July 1791 in Vienna), was a mineralogist and metallurgist. He was a prominent freemason, being head of Vienna's lodge and an influential anti-clerical writer. He was the leading scientist in the Holy Roman Empire during the 1770s in the Age of Enlightenment. His interests include mining, mineralogy, palaeontology, chemistry, metallurgy and malacology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ignaz von Born is the 9,611th most popular politician (down from 8,499th in 2024), the 190th most popular biography from Romania (down from 157th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular Romanian Politician.

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Among politicians, Ignaz von Born ranks 9,610 out of 19,576. Before him are Károly Huszár, Ferdinand Kettler, James of Baux, Jonathan Motzfeldt, and Bo Gu. After him are Menkheperre, Iwakura Tomomi, Konrad Peutinger, Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Pope Heraclas of Alexandria, Steingrímur Hermannsson, and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Ignaz von Born ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Dositej Obradović, Pōmare I, François Laurent d'Arlandes, and Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard. After him are Charlotte von Stein, Joseph Brant, Anders Jahan Retzius, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Félix de Azara, and Nathanael Greene. Among people deceased in 1791, Ignaz von Born ranks 8. Before him are Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Grigory Potemkin, John Wesley, Jeanne de Valois-Saint-Rémy, Jacob Frank, and Étienne Maurice Falconet. After him are Joseph Gaertner, Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart, Johan Andreas Murray, João de Loureiro, Francesca Lebrun, and Besiki.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ignaz von Born ranks 189 out of 844. Before him are Marcel Iureș (1951), Ion C. Brătianu (1821), Iuliu Hossu (1885), Cristian Chivu (1980), and Angela Gheorghiu (1965). After him are Joseph M. Juran (1904), Vazgen I (1908), Vasile Alecsandri (1821), Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Olha Kobylianska (1863), Lucian Blaga (1895), and Ecaterina Oancia (1954).

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Among POLITICIANS In Romania

Among politicians born in Romania, Ignaz von Born ranks 82. Before him are Ulpia Severina (300), Crin Antonescu (1959), Octavian Goga (1881), Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (null), Ilie Verdeț (1925), and Ion C. Brătianu (1821). After him are Constantin Dăscălescu (1923), Patriarch Daniel of Romania (1951), Alexander I Aldea (1397), Tamás Bakócz (1442), Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu (1952), and Constantin Ion Parhon (1874).

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