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Johann Anton Güldenstädt

1745 - 1781

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Johann Anton Güldenstädt (26 April 1745 in Riga, Latvia – 23 March 1781 in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Baltic German naturalist and explorer in Russian service. Güldenstädt lost both his parents early, and from 1763 onwards studied pharmacy, botany and natural history in Berlin. At the age of 22, he obtained his doctorate in medicine at the University of Frankfurt in 1767. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Anton Güldenstädt is the 192nd most popular explorer (up from 273rd in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Latvia (up from 79th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Latvian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 192 out of 498. Before him are John Marshall, Hanno the Navigator, James Bruce, Annie Londonderry, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, and Alexander Mackenzie. After him are Gaspar Corte-Real, Simon Fraser, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Rodrigo de Bastidas, Nikolai Rezanov, and James Weddell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 27. Before him are Valentin Haüy, Denis Fonvizin, Casimir Pulaski, Richard Bassett, Isaac Titsingh, and Caspar Wessel. After him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Antonio José Cavanilles, Bodawpaya, Johann Peter Frank, Maxim Berezovsky, and Franciszek Smuglewicz. Among people deceased in 1781, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 9. Before him are Túpac Amaru II, Mariana Victoria of Spain, Josef Mysliveček, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Ablai Khan, and Franz Joseph I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Faustina Bordoni, Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas, John Needham, Túpac Katari, Johannes Ewald, and Giovanni Battista Beccaria.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 42 out of 323. Before him are Oswald Külpe (1862), Frederick Casimir Kettler (1650), Wilhelm Kettler (1574), Raimonds Pauls (1936), Annie Londonderry (1870), and Jānis Lūsis (1939). After him are Solomon Mikhoels (1890), Paul Walden (1863), Jukums Vācietis (1873), Daina Taimiņa (1954), Barbara von Krüdener (1764), and Inese Jaunzeme (1932).

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Among EXPLORERS In Latvia

Among explorers born in Latvia, Johann Anton Güldenstädt ranks 2. Before him are Annie Londonderry (1870). After him are Matvei Gedenshtrom (1780).

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