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Joseph Rock

1884 - 1962

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Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884 – 1962) was an Austrian-American botanist, explorer, geographer, linguist, ethnographer and photographer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Rock is the 632nd most popular biologist (up from 827th in 2019), the 723rd most popular biography from Austria (up from 943rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Joseph Rock ranks 632 out of 1,097. Before him are Volcher Coiter, Charles David Keeling, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Carl Bolle, Carl Friedrich von Ledebour, and Charles Horton Peck. After him are Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman, John Richardson, Philip Barker-Webb, August von Pelzeln, Roberto de Visiani, and Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Joseph Rock ranks 132. Before him are Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz, Ralph Benatzky, Oliver Kirk, Sophie Liebknecht, Willem Marinus Dudok, and Juhan Aavik. After him are Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Forrest Smithson, Molla Mallory, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, Harry Langdon, and Sara Teasdale. Among people deceased in 1962, Joseph Rock ranks 123. Before him are Carl Diem, Roger Ducret, Dhondo Keshav Karve, Edmond Privat, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, and Florence Lee. After him are Forrest Smithson, Sao Shwe Thaik, Vilhjalmur Stefansson, André Roosevelt, Gary Hocking, and Hans Felber.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Joseph Rock ranks 723 out of 1,424. Before him are Karl Sesta (1906), Ernst Toch (1887), Adi Hütter (1970), Dénes Berinkey (1871), Ignaz Holzbauer (1711), and František Svoboda (1906). After him are Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria (1869), Fritz Heider (1896), Christopher Alexander (1936), Max Merkel (1918), Otto Muehl (1925), and Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Austria

Among biologists born in Austria, Joseph Rock ranks 13. Before him are Leopold Fitzinger (1802), Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti (1735), Erich von Tschermak (1871), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), Otto Stapf (1857), and Franz Steindachner (1834). After him are Ignaz Schiffermüller (1727), Pál Kitaibel (1757), Josef August Schultes (1773), Richard Wettstein (1863), Johann Natterer (1787), and Franz Unger (1800).

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