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Jakob von Uexküll

1864 - 1944

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Jakob Johann Freiherr von Uexküll (; German: [ˈʏkskʏl]; 8 September [O.S. 27 August] 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a Baltic German biologist who worked in the fields of muscular physiology and animal behaviour studies and was an influence on the cybernetics of life. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of Umwelt, used by semiotician Thomas Sebeok and philosopher Martin Heidegger. His works established biosemiotics as a field of research. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jakob von Uexküll is the 157th most popular biologist (up from 178th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Estonian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jakob von Uexküll ranks 157 out of 1,097. Before him are Howard Martin Temin, Joshua Lederberg, Bernard Katz, Thomas Huckle Weller, Bernard Germain de Lacépède, and Martin Chalfie. After him are Susumu Tonegawa, Nettie Stevens, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Salvador Luria, George Davis Snell, and Renato Dulbecco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Jakob von Uexküll ranks 30. Before him are Paul Sérusier, John Jacob Astor IV, Jules Renard, Eugen d'Albert, Frank Wedekind, and Rudolf Kjellén. After him are Branislav Nušić, Nellie Bly, Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Dmitri Ivanovsky, Li Yuanhong, and Alfred Redl. Among people deceased in 1944, Jakob von Uexküll ranks 60. Before him are Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Florence Foster Jenkins, Leo Baekeland, Ida Tarbell, and Cécile Chaminade. After him are Jean Giraudoux, Mildred Harris, Hans-Valentin Hube, Kasturba Gandhi, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, and Vera Menchik.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Jakob von Uexküll ranks 18 out of 351. Before him are Kaja Kallas (1977), Louis Kahn (1901), Alar Karis (1958), Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), Siim Kallas (1948), and Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow (1929). After him are Adolf von Harnack (1851), Felix Kersten (1898), Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald (1803), Ernst Öpik (1893), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), and Andrus Ansip (1956).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Estonia

Among biologists born in Estonia, Jakob von Uexküll ranks 2. Before him are Karl Ernst von Baer (1792). After him are Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz (1793).

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