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Jan Evangelista Purkyně

1787 - 1869

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Jan Evangelista Purkyně (Czech: [ˈjan ˈɛvaŋɡɛˌlɪsta ˈpurkɪɲɛ] ; also written Johann Evangelist Purkinje) (17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term "protoplasma" for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Such was his fame that when people from outside Europe wrote letters to him, all that they needed to put as the address was "Purkyně, Europe". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Evangelista Purkyně is the 100th most popular biologist (down from 48th in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 63rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Biologist.

Jan Evangelista Purkyně was a Czech physiologist and histologist who is most famous for his discovery of Purkinje cells.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jan Evangelista Purkyně ranks 100 out of 1,097. Before him are Philip Sclater, Aaron Ciechanover, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Pierre André Latreille, Nikolai Vavilov, and Erwin Neher. After him are Janaki Ammal, Ulisse Aldrovandi, Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, Georges J. F. Köhler, Philip Miller, and Jean-Henri Fabre.

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Among people born in 1787, Jan Evangelista Purkyně ranks 7. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Rasmus Rask, Joseph von Fraunhofer, Vuk Karadžić, Shaka, and François Guizot. After him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, Guillaume Henri Dufour, and Edmund Kean. Among people deceased in 1869, Jan Evangelista Purkyně ranks 7. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Franklin Pierce, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ghalib, Allan Kardec, and Edwin Stanton. After him are Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Thomas Graham, Antoine-Henri Jomini, and Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jan Evangelista Purkyně ranks 83 out of 1,200. Before him are Karl Kraus (1874), Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jaroslav Seifert (1901), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), and Jobst of Moravia (1351). After him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Max Wertheimer (1880), Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Petr Pavel (1961).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Czechia

Among biologists born in Czechia, Jan Evangelista Purkyně ranks 2. Before him are Gregor Mendel (1822). After him are Heinrich Wilhelm Schott (1794), Georg Joseph Kamel (1661), Carl Borivoj Presl (1794), Rudolf Weigl (1883), Jan Svatopluk Presl (1791), Kaspar Maria von Sternberg (1761), August von Pelzeln (1825), Ferdinand Albin Pax (1858), Franz Xaver Fieber (1807), and Friedrich Reinitzer (1857).

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