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Johann Hermann

1738 - 1800

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Johann, or Jean-Frederic, Hermann, or Herrmann, (31 December 1738 in Barr, Alsace – 4 October 1800 in Strasbourg) was a French physician and naturalist. In 1769 he was appointed professor of medicine at the School of Public Health of Strasbourg, then, in 1778, professor of philosophy, before going on, in 1784, to succeed Jacob Reinbold Spielmann as chair of chemistry, natural history and materia medica. In 1794 he became professor of botany and materia medica in the new School of Medicine. He was the author of Tabula affinitatum animalium (1783) and Observationes zoologicae quibus novae complures, published posthumously in 1804. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Hermann is the 281st most popular biologist (up from 291st in 2019), the 2,004th most popular biography from France (up from 2,399th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Hermann ranks 281 out of 1,097. Before him are Leopold Fitzinger, Morten Thrane Brünnich, Sergei Winogradsky, James Rothman, Eduard Rüppell, and Nathaniel Wallich. After him are Hideyo Noguchi, André Marie Constant Duméril, Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Gould, René Louiche Desfontaines, and Michael Rosbash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Johann Hermann ranks 13. Before him are Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Thomas Abbt, Ethan Allen, Arthur Phillip, and Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After him are Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Thomas Nelson Jr., Jacques François Dugommier, Benjamin West, and Richard Montgomery. Among people deceased in 1800, Johann Hermann ranks 15. Before him are Salawat Yulayev, Salomon Maimon, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Lorenzo Mascheroni, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, and Jean-Antoine Marbot. After him are John Blair Jr., François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé, Jean-Étienne Championnet, Michał Kazimierz Ogiński, Joseph de Guignes, and Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle.

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In France

Among people born in France, Johann Hermann ranks 2,004 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Chalgrin (1739), Henriette of Cleves (1542), Jean-Pierre Jabouille (1942), Théophile Delcassé (1852), Étienne Balibar (1942), and Michel Hidalgo (1933). After him are Maurice Blondel (1861), Étienne Méhul (1763), Carolus-Duran (1837), Yolande, Duchess of Lorraine (1428), Nicole Fontaine (1942), and Paul Durand-Ruel (1831).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Johann Hermann ranks 34. Before him are Michel Adanson (1727), Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (1806), Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest (1784), Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville (1777), Frédéric Cuvier (1773), and Pierre Belon (1517). After him are André Marie Constant Duméril (1774), René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1805), Jean Victoir Audouin (1797), Guillaume-Antoine Olivier (1756), and Jérôme Lejeune (1926).

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