BIOLOGIST

Johann Baptist von Spix

1781 - 1826

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Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German biologist. From his expedition to Brazil, he brought to Germany a large variety of specimens of plants, insects, mammals, birds, amphibians and fish. They constitute an important basis for today's National Zoological Collection in Munich. Numerous examples of his ethnographic collections, such as dance masks and the like, are now part of the collection of the Museum of Ethnography in Munich. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Baptist von Spix is the 252nd most popular biologist (down from 248th in 2019), the 1,677th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,975th in 2019) and the 38th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Baptist von Spix ranks 252 out of 1,097. Before him are William Aiton, Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, H. Robert Horvitz, Harald Sverdrup, Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider, and Joy Adamson. After him are Albert von Kölliker, Martin Vahl, Henri Milne-Edwards, Charles Bell, Frédéric Cuvier, and Eva Ekeblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1781, Johann Baptist von Spix ranks 19. Before him are Anton Diabelli, Frederica of Baden, Joseph Karl Stieler, Mauro Giuliani, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and William Wyatt Bibb. After him are Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, Louis-Mathieu Molé, François Habeneck, and Andrés Bello. Among people deceased in 1826, Johann Baptist von Spix ranks 20. Before him are Nikolay Karamzin, Frederica of Baden, Elizabeth Alexeievna, Johann Elert Bode, Levin August von Bennigsen, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. After him are Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, John Farey Sr., Shaykh Ahmad, and Conrad Malte-Brun.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Baptist von Spix ranks 1,677 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750), Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1880), Heiner Müller (1929), John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg (1455), Gondioc (450), and Johann Rattenhuber (1897). After him are Franz Danzi (1763), Lina Heydrich (1911), Saint Afra (300), Prince Frederick of the Netherlands (1797), John Heartfield (1891), and Oliver Bierhoff (1968).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Johann Baptist von Spix ranks 38. Before him are Albert Günther (1830), Theodor Escherich (1857), Johann Friedrich von Brandt (1802), Carl Correns (1864), Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini (1797), and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider (1750). After him are Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link (1767), Carl Sigismund Kunth (1788), Friedrich Parrot (1791), Carl Gustav Carus (1789), Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich (1806), and Carl Ludwig Blume (1796).

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