BIOLOGIST

Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben

1744 - 1777

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Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈkʁɪsti̯a(ː)n ˈpɔlykaʁp ˈɛʁksˌleːbn̩]; 22 June 1744 – 19 August 1777) was a German naturalist from Quedlinburg. Erxleben was professor of physics and veterinary medicine at the University of Göttingen. He wrote Anfangsgründe der Naturlehre (1772) and Systema regni animalis (1777). He was founder of the first and oldest academic veterinary school in Germany, the Institute of Veterinary Medicine, in 1771. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben is the 318th most popular biologist (up from 369th in 2019), the 2,130th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,820th in 2019) and the 55th most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben ranks 318 out of 1,097Before him are Elmer Drew Merrill, Karl Gegenbaur, Gerrit Smith Miller, Jean Victoir Audouin, Ian Wilmut, and Guillaume-Antoine Olivier. After him are David Bruce, Christian Ludwig Brehm, Erich von Tschermak, Willi Hennig, Andrew Fire, and Erik Acharius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben ranks 10Before him are Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Abigail Adams, and Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg. After him are Pierce Butler, Elbridge Gerry, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Samuel Gottlieb Gmelin, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Giacomo Quarenghi. Among people deceased in 1777, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben ranks 6Before him are Johann Heinrich Lambert, Joseph I of Portugal, Maximilian III Joseph, Elector of Bavaria, Albrecht von Haller, and Marie Thérèse Rodet Geoffrin. After him are Charles de Brosses, Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Johann Andreas Segner, Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria, Charles-Joseph Natoire, and William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben ranks 2,131 out of 7,253Before him are Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach (1759), Ludwig Uhland (1787), Gustaf Gründgens (1899), Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel (1797), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), and Hans Globke (1898). After him are Igor Mitoraj (1944), Klaus Kinkel (1936), Helmold (1120), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), Ami Boué (1794), and John A. Roebling (1806).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben ranks 55Before him are Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel (1811), Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller (1725), Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718), Hieronymus Bock (1498), Karl Alfred von Zittel (1839), and Karl Gegenbaur (1826). After him are Christian Ludwig Brehm (1787), Willi Hennig (1913), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Hermann Burmeister (1807), Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle (1809), and Valerius Cordus (1515).