BIOLOGIST

Johann August Ephraim Goeze

1731 - 1793

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Johann August Ephraim Goeze (German: [joˈhan ˈʔaʊɡʊst ˈʔeːfʁa.ɪm ˈɡœtsə]; 28 May 1731 – 27 June 1793) was a German zoologist, born in Aschersleben. He is known for the discovery of tardigrades, also called water bears. He was the son of Johann Heinrich and Catherine Margarete (née Kirchhoff). He studied theology at University of Halle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann August Ephraim Goeze is the 891st most popular biologist (down from 880th in 2019), the 4,796th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,056th in 2019) and the 178th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann August Ephraim Goeze ranks 891 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus, Thomas Andrew Knight, Jakob Emanuel Lange, William Townsend Aiton, Tokiharu Abe, and Peter Ascanius. After him are Paul Henri Lecomte, Frederic Clements, Hugh Edwin Strickland, Benjamin Smith Barton, Alexander Alfonsovich Grossheim, and Ángel Cabrera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Johann August Ephraim Goeze ranks 23. Before him are Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, Princess Charlotte Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Robert Treat Paine, Victor Louis, Gabriela Silang, and Catharine Macaulay. After him is Benjamin Banneker. Among people deceased in 1793, Johann August Ephraim Goeze ranks 48. Before him are Anton Friedrich Büsching, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Roger Sherman, Katsukawa Shunshō, Noël Martin Joseph de Necker, and Peter Perez Burdett. After him are William Robertson, and Gilbert White.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann August Ephraim Goeze ranks 4,799 out of 7,253. Before him are Hanns Braun (1886), Johann Gottfried Seume (1763), Ulrich Matthes (1959), Marianne Hoppe (1909), Princess Marie of Hanover (1849), and Paul Rudolf von Bilguer (1815). After him are Siegmar Wätzlich (1947), Wendelin Werner (1968), Gabriele Reinsch (1963), Klaus von Dohnanyi (1928), Ralph Kronig (1904), and Heinrich Hax (1900).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Johann August Ephraim Goeze ranks 178. Before him are Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz (1834), Ernst Ahl (1898), Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (1862), Hermann Harms (1870), Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Claus (1835), and Jakob Emanuel Lange (1864). After him are Otto Bütschli (1848), Carl H. Eigenmann (1863), Johann Christoph Wendland (1755), Johann Wilhelm Meigen (1764), Philipp Christoph Zeller (1808), and Curt Backeberg (1894).

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