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Johan Ernst Gunnerus

1718 - 1773

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Johan Ernst Gunnerus (26 February 1718 – 25 September 1773) was a Norwegian bishop and botanist. Gunnerus was born at Christiania. He was bishop of the Diocese of Nidaros from 1758 until his death and also a professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Ernst Gunnerus is the 397th most popular biologist (up from 416th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Norway (up from 184th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Norwegian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 397 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Jakob Sundevall, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, William Elford Leach, James Bond, Alexander von Nordmann, and Edwin Klebs. After him are Theodor Boveri, Georg Eberhard Rumphius, Ludwik Fleck, Karl Koch, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, and Harold E. Varmus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Chippendale, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Anna Leopoldovna, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, and Jacob Christian Schäffer. After him are Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, John Canton, Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, and William Hunter. Among people deceased in 1773, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 9. Before him are Johann Joachim Quantz, Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Anton Janša, Paisius of Hilendar, Ali Bey al-Kabir, and Luigi Vanvitelli. After him are Philibert Commerson, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, Stanisław Konarski, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Alexis Piron, and Pietro Bracci.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 157 out of 1,039. Before him are Hjalmar Andersen (1923), Peter Waage (1833), Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899), Ivar Ballangrud (1904), Peter Tordenskjold (1690), and Thorbjørn Jagland (1950). After him are Kjell Magne Bondevik (1947), Otto Ruge (1882), Anne Holt (1958), Naddodd (900), Magnus Carlsen (1990), and Frits Thaulow (1847).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Norway

Among biologists born in Norway, Johan Ernst Gunnerus ranks 3. Before him are Harald Sverdrup (1888), and Martin Vahl (1749). After him are Henrik Steffens (1773), Kristine Bonnevie (1872), Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Leonhard Stejneger (1851), Michael Sars (1805), Peter Ascanius (1723), and Hanna Resvoll-Holmsen (1873).

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