BIOLOGIST

Johann Jakob von Tschudi

1818 - 1889

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Johann Jakob von Tschudi (25 July 1818 – 8 October 1889) was a Swiss naturalist, explorer, and diplomat. He is known for his travels in South America, his scientific contributions to zoology and anthropology, and his diplomatic service for Switzerland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Jakob von Tschudi is the 290th most popular biologist (up from 372nd in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 271st in 2019) and the 12th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Jakob von Tschudi ranks 290 out of 1,097. Before him are Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti, John Gould, René Louiche Desfontaines, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young, and Odoardo Beccari. After him are Lorenz Oken, Otto Brunfels, Jean Cabanis, Armen Takhtajan, Juliane Koepcke, and Peter Medawar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Johann Jakob von Tschudi ranks 38. Before him are Francesco Crispi, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Richard Jordan Gatling, and Marie of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville, and Heinrich Göbel. Among people deceased in 1889, Johann Jakob von Tschudi ranks 30. Before him are Giovanni Bottesini, Jules Dupré, Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Gaston Planté, Şevkefza Kadın, and Adolf von Henselt. After him are Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Ignacy Domeyko, Émile Augier, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, and John Ericsson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob von Tschudi ranks 192 out of 1,015. Before him are Isabelle Eberhardt (1877), Ruth Dreifuss (1940), Jonas Furrer (1805), Michel Simon (1895), Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria (1274), and Matthias Zurbriggen (1856). After him are Jo Siffert (1936), Charles Bally (1865), Joachim Raff (1822), Yann Sommer (1988), Duarte Pio, Duke of Braganza (1945), and Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, Johann Jakob von Tschudi ranks 12. Before him are Gaspard Bauhin (1560), Louis Agassiz (1807), Alexander Agassiz (1835), Charles Bonnet (1720), Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart (1742), and Albert von Kölliker (1817). After him are Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), François-Alphonse Forel (1841), Josias Braun-Blanquet (1884), Abraham Trembley (1710), Oswald Heer (1809), and Carl Meissner (1800).

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