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John Isaac Briquet

1870 - 1931

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John Isaac Briquet (13 March 1870 in Geneva – 26 October 1931 in Geneva) was a Swiss botanist, director of the Conservatoire Botanique at Geneva. He received his education in natural sciences at Geneva and Berlin, and studied botany with Simon Schwendener, Adolf Engler, Marc Thury, Johannes Müller Argoviensis, and Alphonse de Candolle. In 1896 he became a curator at the Conservatoire Botanique, later serving as its director (1906–1931). From 1912 to 1921, he was president of the Swiss Botanical Society. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Isaac Briquet is the 683rd most popular biologist (up from 723rd in 2019), the 427th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 500th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Swiss Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, John Isaac Briquet ranks 683 out of 1,097. Before him are Johannes Müller Argoviensis, Walter Sutton, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Robert Swinhoe, John Sims, and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal. After him are Gustav Radde, Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer, Albert Charles Smith, Alfred Romer, Heinrich Moritz Willkomm, and Basilius Besler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, John Isaac Briquet ranks 112. Before him are Helmer Hanssen, Magnus Enckell, Albert Meyer, Dadasaheb Phalke, Henri Jaspar, and Safvet-beg Bašagić. After him are Max Berg, Louis Bachelier, Emil Młynarski, Amado Nervo, Hans Baluschek, and Erik Adolf von Willebrand. Among people deceased in 1931, John Isaac Briquet ranks 98. Before him are Oskar Minkowski, Dmitri Egorov, Lya De Putti, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Hjalmar Bergman. After him are Alfred Swahn, Lupu Pick, Milan Šufflay, Aleksander Skrzyński, Harald Høffding, and Kálmán Kandó.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, John Isaac Briquet ranks 427 out of 1,015. Before him are René Felber (1933), Anita Traversi (1937), Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828), Madeleine Berthod (1931), Kat Graham (1989), and Roger Vonlanthen (1930). After him are Aegidius Tschudi (1505), Ludwig Schläfli (1814), Walter Breisky (1871), Alphons Egli (1924), Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza (1958), and Justus Dahinden (1925).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Switzerland

Among biologists born in Switzerland, John Isaac Briquet ranks 24. Before him are Carl Meissner (1800), Johann Bauhin (1541), Casimir de Candolle (1836), Henri Louis Frédéric de Saussure (1829), Alfred Newton (1829), and Johannes Müller Argoviensis (1828). After him are Heinrich Zollinger (1818), Johann Amman (1707), Émil Goeldi (1859), and Maurice Kottelat (1957).

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