BIOLOGIST

Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz

1793 - 1831

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Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz (1 November 1793 – 7 May 1831) was a Baltic German physician, naturalist, and entomologist. He was one of the earliest scientific explorers of the Pacific region, making significant collections of flora and fauna in Alaska, California, and Hawaii. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz is the 349th most popular biologist (up from 400th in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 66th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz ranks 349 out of 1,097Before him are Nehemiah Grew, Wilhelm Peters, Christen C. Raunkiær, Carl Alexander Clerck, Friedrich Boie, and Antonio José Cavanilles. After him are Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, David Julius, Craig Mello, Moritz Wagner, Craig Venter, and Daniel Solander.

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Among people born in 1793, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz ranks 23Before him are Charles Paul de Kock, Sam Houston, Tokugawa Ieyoshi, Thomas Addison, Karl Lachmann, and Philipp Veit. After him are Constantine Kanaris, Princess Caroline of Denmark, Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Mikhail Dmitrievich Gorchakov, Johann Lukas Schönlein, and Baldomero Espartero. Among people deceased in 1831, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz ranks 29Before him are Thomas Johann Seebeck, Henri Grégoire, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein, Princess Louise of Denmark, and Jean-Louis Pons. After him are James Hoban, Sébastien Érard, Ryōkan, Vasily Golovnin, Jedediah Smith, and Franz Krommer.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz ranks 46 out of 351Before him are Leonid Kulik (1883), Hermann von Keyserling (1880), Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland (1601), Bernhard Schmidt (1879), Jüri Lossmann (1891), and Georg Wilhelm Richmann (1711). After him are Jaan Tõnisson (1868), Roman Steinberg (1900), Evald Aav (1900), Johannes Aavik (1880), Friedrich Martens (1845), and Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878).

Among BIOLOGISTS In Estonia

Among biologists born in Estonia, Johann Friedrich von Eschscholtz ranks 3Before him are Karl Ernst von Baer (1792), and Jakob von Uexküll (1864).