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Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger

1775 - 1813

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Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger (19 November 1775 – 10 May 1813) was a German entomologist and zoologist. He founded the entomological periodical Magazin für Insektenkunde. The plant genus Illigera is named in his honour. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger is the 183rd most popular biologist (up from 232nd in 2019), the 1,141st most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,866th in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ranks 183 out of 1,097. Before him are Alexander Agassiz, Adam Afzelius, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, Carl Woese, and Giovanni Sartori. After him are Charles Bonnet, Paul Greengard, Armand David, Martinus Beijerinck, Anna Atkins, and Julius Richard Petri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1775, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ranks 15. Before him are Eugène François Vidocq, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Matthew Lewis, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Étienne-Louis Malus, and Georg Friedrich Grotefend. After him are Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Adam Albert von Neipperg, Louisa Adams, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Farkas Bolyai, and Bernhard Crusell. Among people deceased in 1813, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ranks 15. Before him are Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Christoph Martin Wieland, Jean-Andoche Junot, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. After him are Johann Baptist Wanhal, Tecumseh, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Anton Graff, and Rose Bertin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ranks 1,141 out of 7,253. Before him are Charles, Grand Duke of Baden (1786), Karl Richard Lepsius (1810), Paul Langerhans (1847), Rainer Weiss (1932), Louis II, Duke of Bavaria (1229), and Marie of Cleves, Duchess of Orléans (1426). After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Lale Andersen (1905), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), and Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Germany

Among biologists born in Germany, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ranks 21. Before him are Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Johann Friedrich Gmelin (1748), Bernard Katz (1911), Georg Wilhelm Steller (1709), and Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739). After him are Julius Richard Petri (1852), Walther Flemming (1843), Carl Ludwig Willdenow (1765), Hermann Schlegel (1804), Ludwig Reichenbach (1793), and Hans Driesch (1867).

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