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Jan Frederik Gronovius

1686 - 1762

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Jan Frederik Gronovius (also seen as Johann Frederik and Johannes Fredericus) (10 February 1690 in Leiden – 10 July 1762 in Leiden) was a Dutch botanist notable as a patron of Linnaeus. John Clayton, a plant collector in Virginia sent him many specimens, as well as manuscript descriptions, in the 1730s. Without Clayton's knowledge, Gronovius used the material in his Flora Virginica (1739–43, 2nd ed. 1762). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jan Frederik Gronovius is the 798th most popular biologist (down from 700th in 2019), the 700th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 719th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 798 out of 1,097. Before him are Eduard von Martens, Richard Thomas Lowe, Félix Édouard Guérin-Méneville, Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, Ole Borch, and David Suzuki. After him are John Jacob Abel, Edmund Reitter, Franz Unger, Henry Nicholas Ridley, Tommaso Salvadori, and Lilian Gibbs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1686, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 17. Before him are Antoine de Jussieu, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, Domenico Montagnana, Andrey Osterman, Cosmas Damian Asam, and Giuseppe Simone Assemani.  Among people deceased in 1762, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 23. Before him are Stanisław Poniatowski, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Teimuraz II of Kakheti, Francesco Manfredini, Francesco Loredan, and George Anson, 1st Baron Anson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 700 out of 1,646. Before him are Michaël Dudok de Wit (1953), Jaap Bakema (1914), Roelof Klein (1877), Mark Blaug (1927), René Pijnen (1946), and Ruud Hesp (1965). After him are Balthasar van der Pol (1889), Abraham Pais (1918), Jan Lammers (1956), Bennie Muller (1938), Kees de Jager (1921), and Jan Zwartkruis (1926).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Jan Frederik Gronovius ranks 18. Before him are Wilhem de Haan (1801), George Clifford III (1685), Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), Volcher Coiter (1534), Johannes Burman (1707), and C. B. van Niel (1897). After him are Wim Crusio (1954).

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