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Jacob Christian Schäffer

1718 - 1790

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Jacob Christian Schäffer, alternatively Jakob, (31 May 1718 – 5 January 1790) was a German dean, professor of theology, botanist, mycologist, entomologist, ornithologist, and inventor. He was a theologian and teacher at Ratisbon. His work in natural sciences includes writing comprehensive and illustrated volumes on plants, fungi, birds, and insects, proposing new classification systems, and maintaining a museum of curiosities. Schäffer also experimented with electricity, colours, optics, and manufactured prisms and lenses, and invented an early washing machine and other practical devices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob Christian Schäffer is the 305th most popular biologist (up from 337th in 2019), the 2,059th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,611th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 305 out of 1,097. Before him are Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel, Jacob Georg Agardh, Takenoshin Nakai, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, and Edward Turner Bennett. After him are George Arnott Walker-Arnott, Hieronymus Bock, Karl Alfred von Zittel, Motoo Kimura, John Gurdon, and Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 11. Before him are Alexander Roslin, Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie. After him are Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, and Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix. Among people deceased in 1790, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 10. Before him are Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, András Hadik, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, and Mohammed ben Abdallah. After him are Johann Bernhard Basedow, William Cullen, Johann II Bernoulli, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, and Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 2,060 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick of Utrecht (780), Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia (1796), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), Paul Landers (1964), Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg (1821), and Charles II, Elector Palatine (1651). After him are Infanta Adelgundes, Duchess of Guimarães (1858), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), and Walther Hewel (1904).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Jacob Christian Schäffer ranks 51. Before him are Eduard Rüppell (1794), Lorenz Oken (1779), Otto Brunfels (1488), Jean Cabanis (1816), Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), and Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725). After him are Hieronymus Bock (1498), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), Karl Gegenbaur (1826), Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), and Willi Hennig (1913).

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