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Johan Peter Falk

1732 - 1774

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Johan Peter Falk (26 November 1732 – 31 March 1774) was a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus. His first name is sometimes spelled "Johann"; his middle name is sometimes spelled "Pehr"; and his surname is sometimes spelled "Falck". The standard author abbreviation Falk is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. The genus Falkia is named for him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johan Peter Falk is the 642nd most popular biologist (down from 481st in 2019). (down from 2,815th in 2019)

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Among biologists, Johan Peter Falk ranks 642 out of 1,097. Before him are August von Pelzeln, Roberto de Visiani, Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt, William John Burchell, Aylmer Bourke Lambert, and Nils Johan Andersson. After him are Johann Julius Walbaum, Karl Rudolphi, Daniel Oliver, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Ignaz Schiffermüller, and Karl Hugo Strunz.

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Among people born in 1732, Johan Peter Falk ranks 28. Before him are John Blair Jr., Joseph Gaertner, Jeanne Julie Éléonore de Lespinasse, Princess Elisabeth Friederike Sophie of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Joseph von Sonnenfels, and José Celestino Mutis. After him are Richard Henry Lee, Shuja-ud-Daula, and David Rittenhouse. Among people deceased in 1774, Johan Peter Falk ranks 18. Before him are Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet, Florian Leopold Gassmann, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, and Anna Morandi Manzolini. After him are Otto von Münchhausen, Henry Baker, and William Hewson.

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