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Johann Georg Gmelin

1709 - 1755

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Johann Georg Gmelin (8 August 1709 – 20 May 1755) was a German naturalist, botanist and geographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Georg Gmelin is the 29th most popular geographer (up from 41st in 2019), the 1,391st most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,319th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Johann Georg Gmelin ranks 29 out of 86. Before him are Élisée Reclus, Fra Mauro, James Lovelock, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Sebastian Münster, and Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville. After him are Albrecht Penck, Abraham Cresques, Abu Sa'id Gardezi, Willem Blaeu, Nicolas Sanson, and Jovan Cvijić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1709, Johann Georg Gmelin ranks 10. Before him are Jacques de Vaucanson, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Franz Benda, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, and Gabriel Bonnot de Mably. After him are Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Tokugawa Ietsugu, Franz Xaver Richter, Charles de Brosses, and Étienne de Silhouette. Among people deceased in 1755, Johann Georg Gmelin ranks 5. Before him are Montesquieu, Johann Georg Pisendel, Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, and Francesco Durante. After him are Gerard Majella, Princess Albertina Frederica of Baden-Durlach, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Johann Georg Christian, Prince of Lobkowicz, and Zhang Tingyu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Georg Gmelin ranks 1,391 out of 7,253. Before him are Hermann Graf (1912), Gottfried Feder (1883), Helmut Haller (1939), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153), and Günther Korten (1898). After him are Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Christa Ludwig (1928), Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), Hildegard Knef (1925), and Widukind of Corvey (925).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among geographers born in Germany, Johann Georg Gmelin ranks 5. Before him are Alexander von Humboldt (1769), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Carl Ritter (1779), and Sebastian Münster (1488). After him are Albrecht Penck (1858), Alfred Hettner (1859), Hans Meyer (1858), August Heinrich Petermann (1822), Adolf Stieler (1775), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), and Richard Andree (1835).

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