BIOLOGIST

João Barbosa Rodrigues

1842 - 1909

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João Barbosa Rodrigues (June 22, 1842 – March 6, 1909) was considered one of Brazil's greatest botanists, known especially for his work on orchids and palms. For nearly two decades he was director of the Botanic Garden of Rio de Janeiro. Something of a polymath, he was a prolific botanical artist who also made contributions to his country's ethnography, geography, linguistics, zoology, and literature. The standard author abbreviation Barb.Rodr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. João Barbosa Rodrigues is the 812th most popular biologist (up from 964th in 2019), the 524th most popular biography from Brazil (up from 794th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 812 out of 1,097. Before him are Ludwik Hirszfeld, Giacomo Bresadola, Johann Jacob Dillenius, Jules Pierre Rambur, Aimée Antoinette Camus, and William Thomas Blanford. After him are Herbert Giles, Mary-Claire King, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Heinrich Göppert, André Thouin, and Charlotte Auerbach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1842, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 86. Before him are Ferdinand Keller, Stefanos Dragoumis, Antonio Fogazzaro, Albert Ladenburg, Teoberto Maler, and Otto Sinding. After him are Robert Collett, Christian Lundeberg, Hannibal Sehested, Alphons Czibulka, Calixa Lavallée, and Édouard Louis Trouessart. Among people deceased in 1909, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 77. Before him are Benoît-Constant Coquelin, Hermann Osthoff, Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Whitcomb L. Judson, Higinio Uriarte, and Otto Sinding. After him are Ludwig Mond, Zygmunt Noskowski, Fazlullah Nouri, Ernest Reyer, Frederic Remington, and Karel Halíř.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 524 out of 2,236. Before him are Charles William Miller (1874), Fausto dos Santos (1905), Oscarino Costa Silva (1907), Abel Braga (1952), Vágner Love (1984), and Marta (1986). After him are Sylvinho (1974), Miranda (1984), Ely (1921), Moacyr Scliar (1937), Márcio Santos (1969), and Maurinho (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Brazil

Among biologists born in Brazil, João Barbosa Rodrigues ranks 4. Before him are Peter Medawar (1915), Euclides da Cunha (1866), and Bertha Lutz (1894). After him are Warwick Estevam Kerr (1922).

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