BIOLOGIST

Johann Hedwig

1730 - 1799

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Johann Hedwig (8 December 1730 – 18 February 1799), also styled as Johannes Hedwig, was a German botanist notable for his studies of mosses. He is sometimes called the "father of bryology". He is known for his particular observations of sexual reproduction in the cryptogams. Many of his writings were in Latin, and his name is rendered in Latin as Ioannis Hedwig or Ioanne Hedwig. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Hedwig is the 500th most popular biologist (down from 305th in 2019), the 218th most popular biography from Romania (down from 159th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Hedwig ranks 500 out of 1,097. Before him are Gabriel Bibron, Emil Christian Hansen, Martin Rathke, Jeanne Villepreux-Power, Salomon Müller, and Guillaume Rondelet. After him are Paul Friedrich August Ascherson, Achille Richard, William Hudson, Alphonse Milne-Edwards, Dmitry Belyayev, and Pehr Kalm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Johann Hedwig ranks 22. Before him are Antonio Sacchini, Motoori Norinaga, Augustin Pajou, Velu Nachiyar, William Hamilton, and Louis Auguste Le Tonnelier de Breteuil. After him are William Hudson, Koca Yusuf Pasha, Sophie von La Roche, Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal, Salomon Gessner, and Noël Martin Joseph de Necker. Among people deceased in 1799, Johann Hedwig ranks 26. Before him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, and Patrick Henry. After him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, Johann Julius Walbaum, and Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Johann Hedwig ranks 218 out of 844. Before him are Benjamin Fondane (1898), Endre Kabos (1906), Edward Luttwak (1942), Sabbas the Goth (334), Constantin Ion Parhon (1874), and Nicolae Paulescu (1869). After him are Sebastian Stan (1982), Ferenc Kazinczy (1759), Ion Ghica (1816), Ștefan Barbu (1908), Ferenc Dávid (1510), and Kadriye Nurmambet (1933).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Romania

Among biologists born in Romania, Johann Hedwig ranks 2. Before him are Ana Aslan (1897). After him are Aaron Aaronsohn (1876), Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás (1877), Emil Racoviță (1868), and Grigore Antipa (1867).

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