BIOLOGIST

Johannes Burman

1707 - 1779

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Johannes Burman (26 April 1707 in Amsterdam – 20 February 1780), was a Dutch botanist and physician. Burman specialized in plants from Ceylon, Amboina and Cape Colony. The name Pelargonium was introduced by Johannes Burman. Johannes Burman was the eldest son of the theologian Frans Burman (1671-1719) and his wife Elizabeth Thierens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Burman is the 712th most popular biologist (down from 558th in 2019), the 639th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 610th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Dutch Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Johannes Burman ranks 712 out of 1,097. Before him are Richard Goldschmidt, Johannes Baptista von Albertini, Anthony R. Hunter, Jean de Thévenot, Franz Xaver Fieber, and Alexander Wetmore. After him are James Sowerby, Thomas Nuttall, Alessandra Giliani, Alice Hamilton, Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc, and Paul Bert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1707, Johannes Burman ranks 16. Before him are Sir John Pringle, 1st Baronet, Ernest Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, Michel Corrette, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, and Charles Wesley. After him are Benjamin Robins, Johann Amman, and Stephen Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1779, Johannes Burman ranks 18. Before him are Louis de Jaucourt, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, Alessandro Albani, Pehr Kalm, Claude Bourgelat, and Mohammad Ali Khan Zand. After him are Kosmas the Aetolian, Abol-Fath Khan Zand, and Thomas Hudson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Johannes Burman ranks 639 out of 1,646. Before him are Eise Eisinga (1744), Pieter Pourbus (1523), Wim Anderiesen (1903), Herman Heijermans (1864), Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck (1873), and Ibrahim Afellay (1986). After him are Gisbertus Voetius (1589), Coen Moulijn (1937), Nicolaas Pieneman (1809), Maarten Stekelenburg (1982), Alexander Rueb (1882), and Pleun Strik (1944).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Netherlands

Among biologists born in Netherlands, Johannes Burman ranks 16. Before him are Nicolaas Laurens Burman (1734), Pieter Bleeker (1819), Wilhem de Haan (1801), George Clifford III (1685), Pieter Willem Korthals (1807), and Volcher Coiter (1534). After him are C. B. van Niel (1897), Jan Frederik Gronovius (1686), and Wim Crusio (1954).

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